- Saint Blaise
Saint Blaise (1500s) by Girolamo di Benvenuto. Palazzo Ducale, Urbino. - Madonna with Child
Madonna with Child (1476) by Alvise Vivarini. Saints Francis, Peter, Paul and John the Baptist. Palazzo Ducale, Urbino. - Madonna with Child
Madonna with Child, Saint John the Baptist and Saint Anna (1470s) by Giovanni Bellini. Palazzo Ducale, Urbino. - Madonna of Mercy
Madonna of Mercy (XV century) by a Camerino sculptor. Palazzo Ducale, Urbino. - Madonna of Senigallia
Madonna of Senigallia (1474) by Piero della Francesca. Palazzo Ducale, Urbino. - Ideal City
Ideal City (1470s) probably by Luciano Laurana. Palazzo Ducale, Urbino. - Flagellation of Christ
Flagellation of Christ (1460) by Piero della Francesca. Palazzo Ducale, Urbino. - Flagellation of Christ
Flagellation of Christ (1460) by Piero della Francesca. Palazzo Ducale, Urbino. - Flagellation of Christ
Flagellation of Christ (1460) by Piero della Francesca. Palazzo Ducale, Urbino. - The town of Urbino
as seen from the palace. - Institution of Eucharist
Institution of Eucharist (1473-1476) by Joos Van Wassenhove (Giusto di Gand) and Corpus Domini predella (1467-1468) by Paolo Uccello. Palazzo Ducale, Urbino. - Corpus Domini predella
Corpus Domini predella (1467-1468) by Paolo Uccello. Palazzo Ducale, Urbino. - Annunciation (1485) by Giovanni Santi
Annunciation (1485) by Giovanni Santi Giovanni Santi is the father of Raphael. Palazzo Ducale, Urbino. - Annunciation by Giovanni Santi
Annunciation (1485) by Giovanni Santi. Giovanni Santi is the father of Raphael. Palazzo Ducale, Urbino. - Madonna with Child by Vincenzo Pagani
Madonna with Child and Saints Martin, Michael and George (1529) by Vincenzo Pagani. Palazzo Ducale, Urbino. - Annunciation by Vicenzo Pagani
Annunciation (1532) by Vicenzo Pagani. Palazzo Ducale, Urbino. - Madonna with Child
Church of Saint Dominic, Urbino. - Lantern
Lantern of what is now Higher Institute for Artistic Industries. Urbino - Marche as seen from Urbino
- Club Med 2 in Portoferraio bay
a 194 m long staysail schooner (that's what Wikipedia says). - Napoleon's villa
Bathroom - Napoleon's villa
Ceilings. They are different in every room. - Napoleon's villa
Sala del nodo d'amore: Ceiling with the lover's knot, expressing the love between Napoleon and Maria Luisa. - Chiessi
A wonderful sunset with Corsica in the background. - Mountains of Corsica
As seen from Elba - A on Elba
Aaaah, the A. The largest sailing yacht. 143m long. And about a 100 m tall. It spent several days on Elba so we saw a lot of it, from all sides. - Nonno pino
The largest/oldest pine tree, about 400 years old. 15 m tall with a circumference of 4.5 m. - Capoliveri
Piazzetta G. Marconi - Monte Capanne
as seen from Capoliveri - Capoliveri
Probably my favourite town on the island. - Capoliveri
Parrocchia Santa Maria Assunta - A
A again. Still in Portoferraio, Elba. - A in Portoferraio
Again, A. In front, there is a completely normal sailing yacht. That one in the back is not. - Elba
- LIguella Museum, Portoferraio
Remains of a Roman villa. - Santo Stefano alle Trane
This church dates from the second half of the XII century. Completely destroyed in 1442 and once again 1747, last renovation was done in the 1970s. - Villa Romana delle Grotte, Portoferraio
A wonderful Roman villa from I century BC. If I'm not mistaken, this is the spa that included calidarium and frigidarium. - Villa Romana delle Grotte, Portoferraio
This was the upper pool of the villa. Not bad. Not bad at all. - Villa Romana delle Grotte, Portoferraio
A huuuge villa with an even larger garden. - Arthur's Seat
The first thing after landing and checking in - I climbed Arthur's Seat, one of my favourite places in the world. - Arthur's Seat
As seen from Salisbury Crags. Late in the evening :-) - Edinburgh
This, dear architects, is an example of coherent and consistent urban planning. - The Virgin and Child
The Virgin and Child Enthroned (~1415) by Lorenzo Monaco. I like the throne. - The Virgin adoring the sleeping Christ Child
The Virgin adoring the sleeping Christ Child (~1485) by Sandro Botticelli - The Madonna of the Yarnwinder
The Madonna of the Yarnwinder (1501) by Leonardo da Vinci - The Virgin and Child
The Virgin and Child with two angels (1470-1480) by Ferrarese School. Notice the illusionistic painted frame. And I love the black angel wings. So goth! - An allegory of melancholy
An allegory of melancholy (1528) by Lucas Cranach, detail. At that time, melancholy was one of four humours making up the human temperament and character. Fancy shoes! - An allegory of melancholy
An allegory of melancholy (1528) by Lucas Cranach, detail. This is a group of witches riding in the sky (a boar, a cow, a cat? ...) - El Greco's Saviour of the World
The Saviour of the World (~1600) by El Greco, Domenikos Theotokopoulos - Still-life
Still-life (1708) by Thomas Warrender. One of my favourite paintings in the whole gallery. - A Highland wedding at Blair Atholl
A Highland wedding at Blair Atholl (1780) by David Allan - SW view from Ben Lomond
SW view from Ben Lomond (1810) by John Knox - Reverend Robert Walker
The Reverend Robert Walker skating on Duddingston Loch (1795) by Sir Henry Raeburn - Wooded Landscape
Wooded Landscape (1662-1663) by Meindert Hobbema - Flower Still-life
Flower Still-life in a Sculptured Stone Vase (1718) by Jan van Huysum. Oil on copper. - The Meeting of Anthony and Cleopatra
The Meeting of Anthony and Cleopatra (1745) by Giovanni Battista Tiepolo. Very Egyptian and Roman clothing! - El Médico
El Médico (1779) by Francisco de Goya - The Monarch of the Glen
The Monarch of the Glen (~1851) by Sir Edwin Landseer - The Royal Volunteer Review
The Royal Volunteer Review, 7 August 1860 (1860) by Samuel Bough, detail. - The Molo, Venice
The Molo, Venice, looking West (~1745) by Antonio Canaletto - The Monument to Philopappos
The Monument to Philopappos, Athens (1805-1807) by Giovanni Battista Lusieri. This is the painter's only known oil painting, everything else are watercolours. - Montagne Sainte-Victoire
Montagne Sainte-Victoire (1890s) by Paul Cézanne. Another one of my favourites in the gallery. - The big trees
The big trees (1902-1904) by Paul Cézanne - Lady Agnew of Lochnaw
Lady Agnew of Lochnaw (1892-1893) by John Singer Sargent. That is a perfect portrait. - Dunnottar Castle
Dunnottar Castle (1867) by Waller Hugh Paton - The Quarrel of Oberon and Titania
The Quarrel of Oberon and Titania (1849-50) by Sir Joseph Noel Paton, detail. Now this is a funny painting! - The Quarrel of Oberon and Titania
The Quarrel of Oberon and Titania (1849-50) by Sir Joseph Noel Paton, detail. - The Quarrel of Oberon and Titania
The Quarrel of Oberon and Titania (1849-50) by Sir Joseph Noel Paton, detail. - Rainbow from Arthur's Seat
- McEwan Hall
McEwan Hall, the graduation hall of the University of Edinburgh. Named after the brewer and politician William McEwan. - McEwan Hall
The ceiling in the McEwan Hall dome depicts Arts and Sciences. I kind of like Miss Physics and Miss Biology being together. - McEwan Hall
Here is the complete dome with Arts and Sciences: Physics, Biology, Music, Fine Arts, Jurisprudence, Oratory, Medicine, Philosophy, Divinity, History, Poetry, Mathematics and Astronomy. - DSC 5851
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- Flowers in bloom
- Loch Morlich
The highest sandy beach in Scotland :-) - DSC 8938
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- Untitled
Art in Zagreb airport: Untitled by Emre Namyeter (2022). There's something about this installation that I just love. - Granada Cathedral
The Cathedral tower, as seen from Plaza de la Romanilla. - Carmen de los Mártires
No true palace without a couple of peacocks. - A wolf!
What a wonderful art in Plaza de los Lobos. - Mexuar
Tiles on the wall of the Mexuar Council Hall, which served as the entrance to the Nasrid palace. Plus Ultra was the motto of king Charles V. - Zellij in Mexuar
This style of mosaic tilework is called zellij. Charles V was not only King of Spain, but also Holy Roman Emperor, Archduke of Austria, and Lord of the Netherlands. Maybe I missed some titles. Anyway, the double-headed eagle represents the Holy Roman Empire.