Images Dated 19th July 2010

Portrait of the Governor of the Habsburg Netherlands Don John of Austria, 16th century. Artist: Alonso Sanchez Coello

Portrait of the Governor of the Habsburg Netherlands Don John of Austria, 16th century. Don Juan of Austria (1545-1578) was the illegitimate son of the Emperor Charles V, and half-brother of Philip II of Spain. With the Spanish, Venetian and Papal fleets he defeated the Turks at the Battle of Lepanto on 7 October 1571. He was appointed Governor of the Netherlands in 1576. Found in the collection of the Far Eastern Art Museum, Khabarovsk, Russia

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The Santa Maria della Salute Church, 19th century. Artist: Victor Adam

The Santa Maria della Salute Church, 19th century. From a series of views of Venice. In 1630 the Venetian Senate decreed that if the city was delivered from an outbreak of the plague gripping it at the time, a new church would be built and dedicated to the Virgin Mary. The result was this Baroque church designed by Baldassare Longhena. Generally referred to as La Salute, it stands on the opposite side of Venice's Grand Canal from St Mark's Square, at the point where the canal empties into the lagoon. The church was truly Longhena's life's work, taking 51 years to complete before being inaugurated in 1681, the year before his death. Found in the collection of the State Art Museum, Tula, Russia

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Antiochus and Stratonice, 17th or early 18th century. Artist: Luca Giordano

Antiochus and Stratonice, 17th or early 18th century. Antiochus I Soter (d261 BC) was a king of the Hellenistic Seleucid Empire. He married his stepmother, Stratonice, after his father, Seleucus I Nicator, discovered that Antiochus was in danger of dying of lovesickness for her. Found in the collection of the State Art Museum, Tula, Russia

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