A queer gallery
This gallery was made to collect objects for the digital exhibition "A Queer Tour", as part of the DE-BIAS project.
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Agnolo di Cosimo di Mariano Tori, known as Bronzino, was one of the leading artists of Florentine Mannerism. Born in Monticelli near Florence, he began his studies with Raffaellino del Garbo. Of crucial importance, however, was the period in Pontormo’s st…
Mermaid pendant and chain, gold, ronde-bosse enamel, baroque pearls, table-cut diamonds and a ruby, made by Louis Wièse (1852-1923), Paris, about 1880 . Pendant of a mermaid. Her torso is a baroque pearl, the rest enamelled gold. Her spiralling double tai…
11 - Aldo Fabrizi arrives on stage as showman; 1 - billboard on which three dancers are illustrated above the inscription:\ "Theatre of wonders"; 12 - Aldo Fabrizi begins to joke and tease the habits of the Scots to wear kilts; …
Iscrizioni: in alto al centro: "ROME"; in basso al centro: "Ruine de la Porte S.t Pangrazio avec l'entrée des troupes francaises a Rome le 1 Juillet 1849"; più in basso: "a Rome chez Pierre d'Atri, rue du Cours, n. 142&quo…
Sitatue of Julius Caesar sitting in heroic nudity. He rises his left arm and wears a crown.
This is the Battalion Bersaglieri Lombardi commanded by Luciano Manara and coming from Piedmontese service; “provenance/possessor:”NATIONAL VITTORIO EMANUELE - RESOURCE SECTION
Bust of emperor Adrian wearing a lorica with the head of a Gorgon
Statue of Apollo, portrayed right after releasing an arrow from the bow which he originally carried in his left hand. Copy after an original bronze statue (330-320 BC) by Leochares. The finding spot is unknown, but the statue was part of the private coll…
Statue of Artemis hunting with a dog. Roman copy after Leochares.
The so-called Dying Alexander.
Top left and right: Quam Merit Petro conceditur alta columna... premit, lower right, in a newsstand, dedicates the publisher to: Sixtus V Pont. Opt. Max. columnam Traianam S. Petro Apostolor Pri [n] cipi. On the lower left, coat of arms of Pope Sixtus 5. …
Statue of the so-called Amazzone Mattei. The Amazon is portrayed while she is getting on the horse. Roman copy after a Greek original dating to the 5th century BC. From Villa Adriana.
Lettering: W. v. Gloeden kunstverlag deponirt 22 Jun 1900 Taormina Sicilia
Theatrical costume for the character of Elizabeth I in Mary Stuart by Friedrich Schiller. Theatrical performance directed by Franco Zeffirelli in 1983 at the Teatro della Pergola in Florence. \The gala costume, inspired by the fashion of the Tudor court i…
Colossal statue standing on a base, in white Pentelic marble, found in the Baths of Caracalla in Rome, in the passageway between the frigidarium and the north-western gymnasium. The statue depicts Hercules naked, mature and bearded, with turgid muscles. H…
Theatrical costume for the character of Violetta (Act II) in Traviata by Giuseppe Verdi, theatrical performance directed by Paolo Trevisi in 2012, Puccini Festival in Torre del Lago (LU). Concept and design of the costume are by Floridia Benedettini and D…
The folio has two figurines, respectively for the Court Dames and for the role of Christina; on the margin, handwritten notes on the props. Interpreter: Marray, Fanny; “Notes to the work:” Christina of Sweden. Lillo, Giuseppe, composer. The opera was perf…