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Humprecht Jan Czernin 1628-1682


Humprecht Jan Czernin was the Habsburg imperial ambassador to Venice and Rome. He was appointed ambassador of King Leopold in Venice in 1659.
Humprecht died at the castle in Kosmonosy on 3 March 1682 at the age of 54 years. He was buried in the chapel of St. Vitus Cathedral in Prague, but his heart was placed in a tin box and placed in the Czernin Chapel of the Church of the Assumption of the Virgin Mary in Stará Boleslav. The Czernin Palace was commissioned by him in the 1660s. He had also the Humprecht Castle in Sobotka built, named after him. It was built as his summer house and hunting castle in 1666–1668.

Artist/Engraver Johann Borcking 1670
Size 24 x 16 cms
Price £28.00

Ref:3660

Humprecht Jan Czernin 1628-1682


Humprecht Jan Czernin was the Habsburg imperial ambassador to Venice and Rome. He was appointed ambassador of King Leopold in Venice in 1659.
Humprecht died at the castle in Kosmonosy on 3 March 1682 at the age of 54 years. He was buried in the chapel of St. Vitus Cathedral in Prague, but his heart was placed in a tin box and placed in the Czernin Chapel of the Church of the Assumption of the Virgin Mary in Stará Boleslav. The Czernin Palace was commissioned by him in the 1660s. He had also the Humprecht Castle in Sobotka built, named after him. It was built as his summer house and hunting castle in 1666–1668.

Artist/Engraver Johann Borcking 1670
Size 26 x 18cms
Price £28.00

Ref:3661

Count Ernst Adalbert of Harrach 1598-1667

Count Ernst Adalbert of Harrach (Ernst Adalbert von Harrach; Czech: Arnošt Vojtěch hrabé z Harrach; 4 November 1598 – 25 October 1667) was an Austrian Catholic Cardinal who was appointed Archbishop of Prague and Prince-Bishop of Trento.

Artist/Engraver Picart
Size 20 x 15cms
Price £18.00

Ref:3657

Wenzel Norbert Octavian, Count of Kinsky 1642-1719

Wenzel came from the Bohemian noble family of Kinsky of Wchinitz and Tettau and was the younger brother of Francis, Count of Kinsky of Wchinitz and Tettau. After studying law at Charles University in Prague and his Grand Tour, Kinsky entered the civil service. He became President of the Court of Appeal in 1688, Vice-Chairman of Bohemia in 1689, Privy and Conference Councilor, Supreme Court Judge in 1696 and Supreme Chamber Treasurer and Imperial Commissioner in the Bohemian Parliament in 1701.
Size 10 x 16 cms
Price £28.00

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Humbert Graf Czernin 1628-1682

The House of Czernin is a Czech noble family that was one of the oldest and most prominent noble families in the Kingdom of Bohemia. The family is a descendant family of the Habsburg family.
Artist: J.F. Leonart,
Date:
Size 16 x 23 cms
Price £28.00

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John Zizka of Trocnov 1360-1424

Jan Žižka z Trocnova a Kalicha (English: John Zizka of Trocnov and the Chalice;  was a Czech general who was a contemporary and follower of Jan Hus and was a Radical Hussite and led the Taborites. Žižka was a successful military leader and is now a Czech national hero. He was nicknamed “One-eyed Žižka”, having lost one and then both eyes. Jan Žižka led Hussite forces against three crusades and never lost a single battle although he was completely blind in his last stages of life.
Size 8 x 14 cms
Price £14.00

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General Josef Baron von Kronenberg

Josef Kronenberg moved to Kunín from Hungary together with his doctor father. After the sudden death of his wife, Josef was taken in by Countess Walburga and entrusted to the care of her teacher and later guardian Anton Schneider. At fourteen, Josef let himself be recruited into the army, but against the wishes of Countess Walburga. He therefore preferred to return to Kunín as a lieutenant of the hunting battalion, and since then his career has risen steeply. He eventually became a general of the gendarmerie and a holder of the baronial title.
Size 11 x 16 cms
Price £28.00

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