Prince Bishop of Paderborn and Munster
Size 8.5 x 14 cms
Price £14.00
Ref:525
Category Archives: Ecclesiastical
Pierre de Gondi, 1533-1616. Cardinal, Bishop of Paris
Born in Lyon, he was a brother of Albert de Gondi (two of whose sons, Henri and Jean-François, succeeded Pierre as bishop of Paris) and a protégé of Catherine de Médicis. In turn, he became bishop of Langres (1565), bishop of Paris (1570), chancellor and grand almoner to Elisabeth of Austria, wife of Charles IX of France.
Artist: Claude Duflos
Date:
Size 14 x 21 cms
Price £28.00
Ref:2583
Damian Hugo Philipp von Schönborn 1676-1743
Prince-Bishop of Speyer (1719–1743), Bishop of Konstanz (1740–1743) and a cardinal (1713).
Size 16 x 22 cms
Price £28.00
Ref:172
Andreas von Österreich, Margrave of Burgau 1558-1600
Andreas von Österreich, Margrave of Burgau, also known as Andrew of Austria was a cardinal, Bishop of Constance and of Brixen. He belonged to the Austrian nobility, descending from its ruling dynasty, the House of Habsburg
Size 18 x 28 cms
Price £28.00
Ref:2558
Pope Urban VIII Urbanus 1568-1644
Pope Urban VIII was head of the Catholic Church and ruler of the Papal States from 6 August 1623 to his death in 1644. He expanded the papal territory by force of arms and advantageous politicking, and was also a prominent patron of the arts and a reformer of Church missions
Size 7 x 11 cms
Price £14.00
Ref:2686
Domenico Antonio Thun 1686 – 1758
Prince Bishop of Trento. Domenico Antonio was accused of having a greater dedication to the enjoyment of life and revelry than to the spiritual and temporal government of the principality. He was in fact guilty of being a “frequent frequenter of taverns, not averse to excessive familiarity with persons of the opposite sex, a lover of profane discourses and libertine songs, a devoted guest of the Venice carnival, where he went with his court of revealers and freeloaders”
Size 9 x 15 cms
Price £14.00
Ref:175
Jerome of Prague 1379-1416
Jerome of Prague was a Czech scholastic philosopher and theologian. Jerome was one of the chief followers of Jan Hus and was burned for heresy at the Council of Constance
Size 7 x 12 cms
Price £14.00
Ref:2720
Cardinal Angelo Maria Querini 1680-1755
Quirini’s writings include many works on the history of the Church, of Corfu, and of Brescia, as well as a five-volume edition of the correspondence of Cardinal Reginald Pole. In Brescia, he founded in 1745 the Biblioteca Queriniana, which still exists today, and he sponsored the German missions. He also financed the completion of the St. Hedwig Church in Berlin, which is today the cathedral of the archbishopric of Berlin.
Date:
Size 10 x 15 cms
Price £18.00
Ref:183
Charles de Lorraine, 2nd cardinal de Lorraine 1524-1574
Charles de Lorraine, Duke of Chevreuse, was a French Cardinal, a member of the powerful House of Guise. He was known at first as the Cardinal of Guise, and then as the second Cardinal of Lorraine, after the death of his uncle, Jean, Cardinal of Lorraine.
Artist: Harreoun
Date:
Size 9 x 14 cms
Price £14.00
Ref:882
Pope Clement XI 1649-1721
Pope Clement XI (Latin: Clemens XI; Italian: Clemente XI; 23 July 1649 – 19 March 1721), born Giovanni Francesco Albani, was head of the Catholic Church and ruler of the Papal States from 23 November 1700 to his death in March 1721.Clement XI was a patron of the arts and of science. He was also a great benefactor of the Vatican Library; his interest in archaeology is credited with saving much of Rome’s antiquity. He authorized expeditions which succeeded in rediscovering various ancient Christian writings and authorized excavations of the Roman catacombs.
Size 9 x 16 cms
Price £28.00
Ref:2813