Explorer portrait, Royal Palace, Venice, Italy
Painted door panel with portrait of Italian explorer Amerigo Vespucci, in the Room of the Towns of the Empire, in the apartment of archduke Maximilian, in the Royal Palace of Venice, now the Correr Museum, on the Piazza San Marco in Venice, Veneto, Italy. The Napoleonic wing was built 1807-13 designed by Giovanni Antonio Antolini and Giuseppe Maria Soli and was used by Napoleon until 1814, the Emperor of Austria until 1866 and the king of Italy until 1919, and restored 2000-22. The historic centre of Venice is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
Picture No
13818082
Media ID
45431059
Size
4635px x 8268px
(9.6MB)
Credit
Manuel Cohen / Mary Evans Picture Library
Source
Photograph by Manuel Cohen
