Baron Jacques-Denis Cochin, born in Paris July 27, 1757 and died in Paris October 12, 1837, was French lawyer and politician.
He was appointed mayor of the 12th arrondissement of Paris in 1815, during the Restoration. He was elected on February 25, 1824, deputy for the 7th arrondissement of the Seine, by 636 votes against 421 for Claude-Louis Salleron.
Artist: Nargeol
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Size 10 x 16 cms
Price £28.00
Ref:1742
Imperial field marshal and war councilor at the beginning of the Thirty Years’ War .
Date:1620
Size 12.5 x 17 cms
Price £28.00
Ref:940
16th-century Flemish anatomist, physician, and author of one of the most influential books on human anatomy, De humani corporis fabrica. Vesalius is often referred to as the founder of modern human anatomy. He was born in Brussels, which was then part of the Habsburg Netherlands
Artist: J.W. des Hauvents
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Size 14 x 19 cms
Price £28.00
Ref:1455
Charles V, Duke of Lorraine and Bar succeeded his uncle Charles IV, Duke of Lorraine as titular Duke of Lorraine and Bar in 1675; both duchies were occupied by France from 1634 to 1661 and 1670 to 1697
Size 7 x 8 cms
Price £14.00
Ref:2658
Jean-François, baron de Bourgoing was a French diplomat, writer and translator. A commander of the Légion d’honneur, he was also a corresponding member of the French Academy of Sciences
Size 9 x 14 cms
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Ref:1192
Known as Cadet la Perle, was a French nobleman. He was count of Harcourt, count of Armagnac, count of Brionne and viscount of Marsan. He was the younger son of Charles I, Duke of Elbeuf and his wife Marguerite de Chabot, countess of Charny
Artist: Montcornet
Size 11.4 x 16 cms
Price £28.00
Ref:356
French nobleman of the house of Guise and a military leader of the Catholic League, which he headed during the French Wars of Religion, following the assassination of his brothers at Blois in 1588. In 1596, when he made peace with Henry IV of France, the wars were essentially at an end.
Size 12 x 15 cms
Price £28.00
Ref:465
Louis-Emmanuel de Valois was count of Auvergne and duke of Angoulême.
Date:1629
Size 13.5 x 20.5 cms
Price £28.00
Ref:932
Charles V, Duke of Lorraine and Bar succeeded his uncle Charles IV, Duke of Lorraine as titular Duke of Lorraine and Bar in 1675; both duchies were occupied by France from 1634 to 1661 and 1670 to 1697. Born in exile in Vienna, Charles spent his military career in the service of the Habsburg monarchy.
Artist: A.Bloem
Date:1670
Size 16 x 23 cms
Price £28.00
Ref:2178
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.
Size 4 x 7 cms
Price £14.00
Ref:2819