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The Angels before Abraham & Sacrifice of Isaac by Ghiberti
A panel from the east doors of Florence’s Baptistery of San Giovanni. Made from 1425 CE by Lorenzo Ghiberti (1378-1455 CE). Gilded bronze. This panel shows the angels appearing before Abraham and the sacrifice of Isaac. The artist Michelangelo...

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Pliny the Younger
Statue of Pliny the Younger in Como, possibly the work of Giovanni Rodari, dating from before 1480 CE.

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Hector and Andromache
Hector and Andromache by Giovanni Maria Benzoni
1871 CE

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Polada Culture Pot
Clay pot, Polada Culture, Abitato del Lavagnone, Bronze Age, 1800-1600 BCE.
Giovanni Rambotti Civic Archaeological Museum, Desenzano del Garda, Italy.

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Bust of John Cabot
An idealised portrait bust of the Italian explorer John Cabot (aka Giovanni Caboto, c. 1450 - c. 1498 CE) who sailed from England to eastern Canada in 1497 CE. (Venetian Institute of Science , Letters and Art, Venice)

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Papyrus Anastasi V
Prayer to Thoth for skill in writing. The prayer is written in hieratic script, found at Thebes sometime prior to c. 1830 CE, and purchased by the British Museum in 1839 CE from the collector Giovanni Anastasi.

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Scipio Africanus Freeing Massiva
As described by the Roman historian Livy (1st century BC), the youthful Massiva was the nephew of a prince of Numidia in present-day Algeria who had supported Scipio Africanus (a Roman general so known because of his conquests in North Africa...

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Giuseppe Verdi by Boldini
An 1886 pastel portrait by Giovanni Boldini of the Italian composer Giuseppe Verdi (1813-1901), noted for his operas. (Galleria Nazionale d'Arte Moderna, Italy)

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Two Couples - Paris & Helen, Tristan & Iseult
Two couples - Paris & Helen, Tristan & Iseult by Giovanni dal Ponte (1385–1438 CE)
Czartoryski Museum

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Frederick II's Birth
Frederick's birth in Jesi (illustration in Giovanni Villani's Nuova Cronica, c. 1348 CE)