Explorer portraits, Royal Palace, Venice, Italy

Painted door panels with portraits of Italian explorers Alvise Cadamosto (left) and Marco Polo (right), 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

Restrictions Only for Ireland and United Kingdom and United States Of America

1807-13 1814 1866 2000-22 Antolini Archduke Austro Civici Correr Explorers Fondazione Giuseppe Habsburg Hapsburg Maximilian Musei Panels Piazza Reale Soli Veneto Venezia

Features In These Collections

> Contributors > COH