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
Category Archives: French
Jean-Jacques-Régis de Cambacérès, duc de Parme, 1753-1824
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
Baron Georges Cuvier 1769-1832
French naturalist and zoologist
Subject gender: Male
Artist: Mirabel
Date:
Size 12 x 17 cms
Price £28.00
Ref:2323
Philippe-Emmanuel de Lorraine, Duke of Mercœur 1558-1602
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, king of France 1643–1715
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 1643-1690
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
Antoine Houdar de la Motte 1672-1731
French author. De la Motte was born and died in Paris. In 1693 his comedy, Les Originaux, was a complete failure, and so depressed the author that he contemplated joining the Trappistse
Artist: de Delpech
Date:
Size 12 x 18 cms
Price £28.00
Ref:2168
Charles III 1543-1608 Duke of Lorraine
Charles II (or III) (born 1543, Nancy, Lorraine [Germany; now in France]—died , 1608, Nancy) was the duke of Lorraine from 1545, whose reign is noted for its progress and prosperity. Charles was the son of Francis I of Lorraine and Christina of Denmark.
Size 17 x 27.5 cms
Price £28.00
Ref:2643
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
Jean Racine 1639-1699
Jean-Baptiste Racine 22 December 1639 – 21 April 1699) was a French dramatist, one of the three great playwrights of 17th-century France, along with Molière and Corneille, as well as an important literary figure in the Western tradition and world literature. Racine was primarily a tragedian, producing such “examples of neoclassical perfection” as Phèdre, Andromaque, and Athalie. He did write one comedy, Les Plaideurs, and a muted tragedy, Esther, for the young.
Subject gender: Male
Artist: Delpech
Date:
Size 10 x 12 cms
Price £14.00
Ref:1682