Was the eldest son, and successor, of Charles Alexander; his mother was Princess Marie Auguste of Thurn and Taxis
Artist: M.B.
Date:
Size 9 x 15 cms
Price £14.00
Ref:1893
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Francoise de Lorraine Duchess de Mercoeur 1592-1669
Was a princess of Lorraine and daughter-in-law of Henry IV of France. Sometimes known as Françoise de Mercœur
Size 14.5 x 20 cms
Price £28.00
Ref:1897
Clément Marot 1496-1554
One of the greatest poets of the French Renaissance, whose use of the forms and imagery of Latin poetry had marked influence on the style of his successors.
Artist: Holbein
Date:
Size 10 x 14 cms
Price £28.00
Ref:1900
Louis Dauphin of France 1729-1765
Louis, Dauphin of France was the elder and only surviving son of King Louis XV of France and his wife, Queen Marie Leszczyńska. He had a younger brother, Philippe, who died as a toddler. As a son of the king, Louis was a fils de France. As heir apparent, he became Dauphin of France
Size 9.5 x 15 cms
Price £28.00
Ref:1901
Guido Starhemberg 1657-1737
Guido Wald Rüdiger, count of Starhemberg was an Austrian military officer. He was a cousin of Ernst Rüdiger von Starhemberg, the famous commander of Vienna during the Turkish siege of 1683, and acted as his aide-de-camp during that siege
Size 9 x 16 cms
Price £28.00
Ref:1903
Ferdinand Maria, Elector of Bavaria 1636-1679
Ferdinand Maria was a Wittelsbach ruler of Bavaria and an elector of the Holy Roman Empire from 1651 to 1679
Artist: Baltazar Moncornet
Date:1659
Size 14 x 20 cms
Price £28.00
Ref:2003
Ferdinandus de Medici 1549-1609
Ferdinando I de’ Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany was Grand Duke of Tuscany from 1587 to 1609, having succeeded his older brother Francesco I.
Size 11 x 17 cms
Price £28.00
Ref:2006
Francesco I de’ Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany 1541-1587
Francesco I was the second Grand Duke of Tuscany, ruling from 1574 until his death in 1587, a member of the House of Medici.
Size 11.5 x 17 cms
Price £28.00
Ref:2007
Charles III, Duke of Lorraine 1543-1608
Charles III, known as the Great, was Duke of Lorraine from 1545 until his death. He is the direct male ancestor of all rulers of the Habsburg-Lorraine dynasty, including all Emperors of Austria.
Size 11.5 x 17 cms
Price £28.00
Ref:2008
Hans Rudolf Werdmüller 1614-1677
Hans Rudolf Werdmüller was born in Zurich as the son of the wealthy silk merchant Johann Rudolf Werdmüller, but lost his father when he was only three years old. He received his schooling at the academy in Geneva, where his brother Hans Georg Werdmüller also studied, who later planned Zurich’s third city fortifications as a fortress engineer. Werdmüller later continued his education in Lyon, where he studied fortress construction.
Size 13 x 18 cms
Price £28.00
Ref:2009