French explorer, cartographer, naturalist and hydrographer
Date:1750
Size 8 x 11 cms
Price £14.00
Ref:1188
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Joseph I, Holy Roman Emperor 1678-1711
Holy Roman Emperor from 1705 until his death in 1711. He was the eldest son of Emperor Leopold I from his third wife, Eleonor Magdalene of Neuburg. Joseph was crowned King of Hungary at the age of nine in 1687 and King in Germany at the age of eleven in 1690.
Date:1705
Size 7.5 x 13 cms
Price £14.00
Ref:909
Antonio Albizzi 1547-1626
Italian jurist and genealogist, born in Florence in 1547. In 1576 he was in the service of Cardinal-Archduke Andreas of Austria. In 1585 he converted to Lutheranism and spent the rest of his life in the Protestant Imperial City of Kempten, where he died in 1626. His most famous work was Principum Christianorum Stemmata
Size 12 x 19 cms
Price £28.00
Ref:908
Archduchess Gregoria Maximiliana of Austria 1581-1597
Member of the House of Habsburg. She was the daughter of Archduke Charles II of Austria, the son of Emperor Ferdinand I, and Maria Anna of Bavaria. Her elder brother Archduke Ferdinand, succeeded as Holy Roman Emperor in 1619
Size 11.5 x 17 cms
Price £28.00
Ref:907
Admiral Jacob van Heemskerck 1567-1607
Dutch explorer and naval admiral. He is generally known for his victory over the Spanish at the Battle of Gibraltar, where he ultimately lost his life.
Size 12.5 x 17 cms
Price £28.00
Ref:904
Sigismund von Kollonitz. 1676-1709 Bishop
Sigismund von Kollonitsch; Kollonitz, Kollonic, Kollonics, Collonicz was titular Bishop of Scutari, Bishop of Waitzen, and was from 1716 to 1722 Prince-Bishop of Vienna, then from 1722 to 1751 the first Prince-Archbishop of Vienna. He was raised in 1727 to the cardinalate by Pope Benedict XIII.
Artist: J.M.B.
Date:
Size 8.5 x 14.5 cms
Price £14.00
Ref:1182
Ignatius von Born 1742-1791
Ignaz Edler von Born, also known as Ignatius von Born, was a mineralogist and metallurgist. He was a prominent freemason, being head of Vienna’s Illuminati lodge and an influential anti-clerical writer. He was the leading scientist in the Holy Roman Empire during the 1770s in the age of Enlightenment.
Size 6 x 9.5 cms
Price £14.00
Ref:1184
Maria Ludovika of Austria-Este 1787-1816
Also known as Maria Ludovika of Modena, was the daughter of Archduke Ferdinand of Austria-Este and his wife, Maria Beatrice Ricciarda d’Este. She was a member of the House of Austria-Este, a branch of the House of Habsburg-Lorraine.
Size 9 x 10.5 cms
Price £14.00
Ref:1185
Joseph II, Holy Roman Emperor 1741-1790
Joseph II was Holy Roman Emperor from August 1765 and sole ruler of the Habsburg lands from November 1780 until his death. He was the eldest son of Empress Maria Theresa and her husband, Emperor Francis I, and the brother of Marie Antoinette.
Artist: Christian Gottlieb Geyser 1742-1803
Size 9.5 x 8 cms
Price £14.00
Ref:1186
Carl Ludwig. Grand Duke of Austria
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Subject gender: Male
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Date:1771
Size 7 x 9 cms
Price £14.00
Ref:770