Prince Henri of Lorraine (31 July 1570 – 26 November 1600), Count of Chaligny and Marquis of Moy, was a French nobleman and a commander in the Catholic League during the French Wars of Religion.
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Charles III, Duke of Bourbon 1490-1527
Charles III, Duke of Bourbon was a French military leader, the Count of Montpensier, Clermont and Auvergne, and Dauphin of Auvergne from 1501 to 1523, then Duke of Bourbon and Auvergne, Count of Clermont-en-Beauvaisis, Forez and La Marche, and Lord of Beaujeu from 1505 to 1521.
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Henri François d’Aguesseau 1668-1751 Chancellor of France
Henri François d’Aguesseau was Chancellor of France three times between 1717 and 1750 and pronounced by Voltaire to be “the most learned magistrate France ever possessed”.
Artist: R.Tourniere
Date:1720
Size 17 x 23 cms
Price £28.00
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Philippe Emmanuel, Duke of Mercœur 1558-1602
Philippe-Emmanuel de Lorraine, Duke of Mercoeur was born on 9 September 1558 in Nomeny, France, the eldest surviving son of Nicholas, Count of Vaudémont and Jeanne de Savoie-Nemours. In 1575, Mercoeur married Marie de Luxembourg, daughter of Sébastien de Luxembourg, which, together with the title of Duc de Penthièvre, also brought him rights to the crown of the Duchy of Brittany. He was made a knight of the Order of Saint Esprit in 1578.
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François-René, vicomte de Chateaubriand 1768-1848
French writer, politician, diplomat and historian who founded Romanticism in French literature
Artist: Girodet-Trioson
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Price £24.00
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Jean-François LEBRETON1762-1838
Bonchamp-lès-Laval 1761-1844 Also known as Le Breton; pupil of Vincent and David; professeur de dessin et de perspective at the Institution des sourds-muets. The only recorded painting is a portrait (at Pontoise) which received the premier prix Montyon in 1834. A drawing dedicated by him to “Isabey père” in 1844 testifies to his friendship with another David pupil.
Artist: Bouvier
Size 12 x 18 cms
Price £28.00
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Jan Astruc 1684-1766
French professor of medicine who wrote the first great treatise on syphilis and venereal diseases
Subject gender: Male
Artist: Monnct
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Size 17 x 26 cms
Price £28.00
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Valentin Jameray Duval 1695-1775
Peasant from the Yonne who rose to become librarian at the court of Lorraine. His Mémoires, written c. 1733–47, but published in full only in the 20th century
Artist: Geille
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Price £28.00
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Antoine Arnauld, Doctor and Theologie Sorbonne 1612-1694
Subject nationality: French
Subject gender: Male
Artist: J.B.Champagne
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Jean-Baptiste Rousseau 1671-1741
French playwright and poet, particularly noted for his cynical epigrams.
Size 9.5 x 14 cms
Price £14.00
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