Johann Michael (sometimes Michael Johann ) came from the noble family Althann . He was chamberlain, Privy Councilor and finally from 1716 to 1722 Oberstallmeister under Charles VI. His offices were not very significant, but he exercised a significant influence as Karl’s personal favorite.
Size 20 x 30 cms
Price £28.00
Ref:2092
As the son of Archduke Leopold V and Claudia de’ Medici, he succeeded his father upon the latter’s death in 1632, under his mother’s regency. He took over his mother’s governatorial duties when he came of age in 1646. To finance his extravagant living style, he sold goods and entitlements
Size 17 x 28 cms
Price £28.00
Ref:2093
German jurist, was Dr. med. Juris Württemberg Council and legal scholar.
Subject gender: Male
Artist: G.I.Ostertag
Date:
Size 19 x 28 cms
Price £28.00
Ref:2094
Jean-François Joly de Fleury was a minor figure serving in the French government as finance minister within a decade of the French Revolution. He was a member of the influential Joly de Fleury family
Size 19 x 26.5 cms
Price £28.00
Ref:2095
Adrien Maurice de Noailles, 3rd Duke of Noailles was a French nobleman and soldier
Artist: Cathelin
Date:
Size 18 x 26 cms
Price £14.00
Ref:2096
François-Augustin de Paradis de Moncrif was a French writer and poet, of a family originally of Scots origin. He was appointed historiographer royal to Louis XV of France
Artist: De la Tour
Date:
Size 18 x 24 cms
Price £28.00
Ref:2097
Commonly known as Philippe, was a member of the House of Orléans. He actively supported the French Revolution and adopted the name Philippe Égalité, but was still guillotined during the Reign of Terror.
Artist: Monnet
Date:1771
Size 18 x 26 cms
Price £28.00
Ref:2098
Jean-Baptiste Chappe d’Auteroche was a French astronomer, best known for his observations of the transits of Venus in 1761 and 1769
Artist: Fredou
Date:
Size 18 x 25 cms
Price £28.00
Ref:2099
French professor of medicine who wrote the first great treatise on syphilis and venereal diseases
Subject gender: Male
Artist: Monnct
Date:
Size 17 x 26 cms
Price £28.00
Ref:2100
French archaeologist, engraver, and man of letters. The only son of the Marquise de Caylus, he fought with distinction in the War of the Spanish Succession
Artist: De Lorraine
Date:
Size 19 x 27 cms
Price £28.00
Ref:2101