Henry was the son of Charles III, Duke of Lorraine and Claude of Valois daughter of Henry II of France and Catherine de’ Medici.[3] His paternal grandparents were Francis I, Duke of Lorraine, and Christina of Denmark. The splendour of his baptism in Bar-le-Duc was recalled by his aunt Margaret of Valois, who was ten at the time.
Size 13 x 16 cms
Price £28.00
Ref:2361
Jean Racine, baptismal name Jean-Baptiste Racine, was a French dramatist, one of the three great playwrights of 17th-century France, along with Molière and Corneille, and an important literary figure in the Western tradition.
Artist: Sanlerre
Date:
Size 8 x 13 cms
Price £14.00
Ref:1800
Louis-Auguste de Bourbon, duc du Maine was an illegitimate son of the French king Louis XIV and his official mistress, Madame de Montespan. The king’s favourite son, he was the founder of the semi-royal House of Bourbon-Maine named after his title and his surname.
Size 10 x 16.5 cms
Price £28.00
Ref:282
Prince Eugene Francis of Savoy–Carignano was a member of the House of Savoy and Generalfeldmarschall of the Imperial Army and statesman of the Holy Roman Empire and the Archduchy of Austria
Size 26 x 28 cms
Price £55.00
Ref:2478
French carpenter, cabinetmaker and author. Roubo was born and died in Paris, and was the son and grandson of master cabinetmakers.
Artist: Dequevauifler
Date:
Size 14 x 19 cms
Price £28.00
Ref:1449
French nobleman, lawyer and statesman during the French Revolution and the First Empire. He is best remembered as one of the authors of the Napoleonic Code, which still forms the basis of French civil law and French-inspired civil law in many countries.
Artist: Delannoy
Date:
Size 18 x 26 cms
Price £28.00
Ref:2236
French naturalist and zoologist
Subject gender: Male
Artist: Mirabel
Date:
Size 12 x 17 cms
Price £28.00
Ref:2323
French soldier, a prince of the Holy Roman Empire and a prominent member of the Catholic League, who fought for Breton political independence from the House of Bourbon
Artist Balthasar Moncornet. (circa 1600-1668)
Size 11 x 15.5 cms
Price £28.00
Ref:351
Louis XIV, also known as Louis the Great or the Sun King, was King of France from 1643 until his death in 1715. His verified reign of 72 years and 110 days is the longest of any sovereign.
Date:1668
Size 15.5 x 23 cms
Price £28.00
Ref:575
Charles V, Duke of Lorraine and Bar succeeded his uncle Charles IV, Duke of Lorraine as titular Duke of Lorraine and Bar in 1675;
Size 6.5 x 12 cms
Price £14.00
Ref:912