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Amphitheaters

Open-air venue used for entertainment and performances

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Images from the collections

Images referencing Amphitheaters

5 images from works
  • A professor teaching pharmacy to students in mid-16th century Paris; representing a calendar advertising products of the Pharmacie Centrale de France. Colour lithograph, after 1889.
  • A Roman amphitheatre. Coloured engraving by P. Weindl, ca. 1804-1811.
  • School of Medicine, Paris: interior view showing doctors attending a lecture in the amphitheatre. Coloured lithograph by G. Doré.
  • A Roman amphitheatre. Coloured engraving, ca. 1804-1811.
  • School of Medicine, Paris: interior view showing doctors attending a lecture in the amphitheatre. Coloured lithograph by G. Doré.

Works from the collections

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    A compleat history of the ancient amphitheatres . More peculiarly regarding the architecture of those buildings, and in particular that of Verona. By the Marquis Scipio Maffei. Made English from the Italian original, by Alexander Gordon, ..

    Maffei, Scipione, marchese, 1675-1755. | Date: [1735?]
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    The amphitheatre, Verona, called the Arena. Engraving by G. Testolini.

    Gaetano Testolini | Date: 1700-1799 | Reference: 2924467i
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    The amphitheatre, Verona, called the Arena. Engraving by D. Valesi, 1744, after A. Cristofali.

    Adriano Cristofali | Date: [1744] | Reference: 2924468i
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    School of Medicine, Paris: interior view showing doctors attending a lecture in the amphitheatre. Coloured lithograph by G. Doré.

    Gustave Doré | Reference: 21575i
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    The amphitheatre, Verona, called the Arena. Line engraving, 1560.

    | Date: Anno MDLX [1560] : | Reference: 2977784i
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