Category Archives: Austrian

Joseph von Quarin 1733-1814

Joseph von Quarin was an Austrian physician born in Vienna. At the age of 15, he obtained his PhD in Vienna, followed by studies of medicine at the University of Freiburg. In 1751 he received his medical doctorate, afterwards returning to Vienna, where in 1754 he attained the title of professor.

Artist/Engraver J. Adam, 1788, after J. Kreutzinger.
Size 17 x 12 cms
Price £14.00

Ref:3689

Louis William, Margrave of Baden-Baden 1655-1707

As a war hero, Margrave Ludwig Wilhelm von Baden-Baden (1655–1707) garnered great praise. Simultaneously, he was a ruling sovereign and, in Sibylla Augusta, had a wife who loved him. And yet, he was in no way satisfied with his political success when he began building his residence in Rastatt.

Artist/Engraver Meyer
Size 23 x 16 cms
Price £14.00

Ref:3682

Archduke Albrecht of Austria, Duke of Teschen 1817-1895

Archduke Albrecht Friedrich Rudolf Dominik of Austria, Duke of Teschen, was an Austrian Habsburg general. He was the grandson of Emperor Leopold II and one of the chief military advisors of Emperor Francis Joseph I.

Artist/Engraver Weger of Leipzig

*Old damage right side*
Size 27 x 19 cms
Price £14.00

Ref:3691

Johann Schweikhard von Kronberg 1553-1626


Johann Schweikhard von Kronberg was the third son of Hartmut XIII von Kronburg (1517–1591) and his wife Barbara von Sickingen (1522–1577). His father was an administrator for the Archbishopric of Mainz.
With his older brothers taking over the family’s offices, Johann was destined for a career in the church from an early age. He was elected to the cathedral chapter of Mainz Cathedral at a young age through his father’s influence. He was a canon of St. Alban’s Abbey, Mainz from 1564 to 1566. His uncle, Daniel Brendel von Homburg was Archbishop of Mainz, and sent him to the Collegium Germanicum in Rome. There, he became friends with Johannes Busaeus, who was later a Jesuit theologian teaching at the University of Mainz.

Engraved by Emanuel van Meteren, 1634,
Size 35 x 24 cm

Price £38.00

Ref:3673

Ludwig Konrad, Graf von Lehrbach 1750-1805

Austrian ambassador in Munich, 1795 ambassador in Berlin, Regensburg and Basel, 1796 sent by the emperor to Tyrol to support the resistance against the French army. Later Austrian envoy to the Rastatt Congress, probably falsely suspected by the Prussian side of being the mastermind of the Rastatt envoy murder, died in 1805

Artist/Engraver Gebrüder Klauber 1800, Augsburg after Josef SCHÖPF 1745-1822
Size 44 x 30 cms
Price £48.00

Ref:3671

Charles VI, Holy Roman Emperor 1685-1740

Archduke Charles (baptized Carolus Franciscus Josephus Wenceslaus Balthasar Johannes Antonius Ignatius), the second son of the Emperor Leopold I and of his third wife, Princess Eleonore Magdalene of Neuburg, was born on 1 October 1685.

Artist/Engraver Muller after Lippold
Size 28 x 17 cms
Price £28.00

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Ernst Gideon von Laudon 1717-1790

Ernst Gideon von Laudon, since 1759 Freiherr von Laudon (originally Laudohn or Loudon; was a Baltic German-born Austrian military officer and one of the most successful opponents of the Prussian king Frederick the Great.

Artist/Engraver Joh Martin 1778
Size 23 x 16 cms
Price £28.00

Ref:3664

Karl Philipp, Prince of Schwarzenberg 1771-1820

Karl Philipp, Fürst zu Schwarzenberg was an Austrian Generalissimo and former Field Marshal. He first entered military service in 1788 and fought against the Turks. During the French Revolutionary War, he fought on the allied side against France and in that period rose through the ranks of the Imperial Army.

Artist/Engraver: Johannes Sonnenleiter . Vienna
Size 22 x 14 cms
Price £18.00

Ref:3645