French manufacturer of scientific instruments,
Subject gender: Male
Artist: Boilly
Date:
Size 11 x 17 cms
Price £28.00
Ref:2322
Category Archives: French
Carlo III, duca di Lorena 1543-1608
Duke of Lorraine, known as “the Great”. He took part in the civil wars of France and in 1588 joined the Catholic League. In 1559 he married Claudia, daughter of the French king Henry II of Valois (1519-1559). His daughter Cristina (1565-1636) married Ferdinando I de’ Medici (1549-1609), Grand Duke of Tuscany.
Size 13 x 20 cms
Price £28.00
Ref:329
Elisabeth of France, Queen of Spain 1602-1644
Elisabeth of France or Isabella of Bourbon was Queen of Spain from 1621 to her death and Queen of Portugal from 1621 to 1640, as the first spouse of King Philip IV & III. She served as regent of Spain during the Catalan Revolt in 1640–42 and 1643–44
Size 8.5 x 13 cms
Price £14.00
Ref:568
Charles II, Duke of Elbeuf 1596-1657
Charles II, Duke of Elbeuf, was a French nobleman, the son of Charles I, Duke of Elbeuf, by his wife, Marguerite de Chabot. He succeeded his father in the Elbeuf dukedom in 1605.
Size 12 x 17 cms
Price £28.00
Ref:911
François-Louis de Bourbon, prince de Conti 1664-1709
François Louis de Bourbon, le Grand Conti, was Prince de Conti, succeeding his brother, Louis Armand de Bourbon, in 1685. Until this date, he used the title of Prince of La Roche-sur-Yon
Size 8 x 14 cms
Price £14.00
Ref:2136
Henri de Lorraine 1601-1666 Count of Harcourt
Henri de Lorraine, 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: W.Jonkman
Date:1660
Size 8 x 14 cms
Price £14.00
Ref:2654
Monsieur Philippe I, Duke of Orléans
Monsieur Philippe I, Duke of Orléans (21 September 1640 – 9 June 1701) was the younger son of King Louis XIII of France and Anne of Austria, and the younger brother of King Louis XIV. He was the founder of the House of Orléans, a cadet branch of the ruling House of Bourbon.
Artist: Peter Aubry
Date:
Size 17 x 24 cms
Price £14.00
Ref:192
Jules Mascaron 1634–1703
Jules Mascaron was a popular French preacher. He was born in Marseille as the son of a barrister at Aix-en-Provence. He entered the Oratory of Jesus early and became reputed as a preacher. Paris confirmed the judgment of the provinces; in 1666 he was asked to preach before the court and became a favourite of Louis XIV, who said that his eloquence was one of the few things that never grew old.
Artist: Delpech
Date:
Size 11 x 15 cms
Price £28.00
Ref:1681
François Fénelon 1651-1715
François de Salignac de la Mothe-Fénelon, more commonly known as François Fénelon, was a French Roman Catholic archbishop, theologian, poet and writer. He today is remembered mostly as the author of The Adventures of Telemachus, first published in 1699.
Artist: Andreas Fridrich
Date:
Size 8 x 14 cms
Price £14.00
Ref:3008
Emmanuel Philibert Duke of Savoy 1528-1580
Emmanuel Philibert was Duke of Savoy from 1553 to 1580, KG. He is remembered for the Italianization of the House of Savoy, as he recovered the savoyard state following the Battle of St. Quentin and subsequently moved the capital to Turin and made Italian the official language in Piedmont.
Artist: Sichem
Date:
Size 15 x 20 cms
Price £28.00
Ref:2519