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
Date:
Size 12 x 16 cms
Price £28.00
Ref:1437
Category Archives: French
Antoine Arnauld, Doctor and Theologie Sorbonne 1612-1694
Subject nationality: French
Subject gender: Male
Artist: J.B.Champagne
Date:
Size 9.5 x 13 cms
Price: SOLD
Ref:766
Jean-Baptiste Rousseau 1671-1741
French playwright and poet, particularly noted for his cynical epigrams.
Size 9.5 x 14 cms
Price £14.00
Ref:343
Clément Marot 1496-1554
One of the greatest poets of the French Renaissance, whose use of the forms and imagery of Latin poetry had marked influence on the style of his successors.
Artist: Holbein
Date:
Size 10 x 14 cms
Price £28.00
Ref:1900
Louise Élisabeth de Bourbon 1693–1775 Princess de Conty
Daughter of Louis III de Bourbon, Prince of Condé, and his wife, Louise Françoise de Bourbon, légitimée de France, a legitimised daughter of King Louis XIV of France and his famous mistress, Madame de Montespan. She was the wife of Louis Armand II de Bourbon, Prince of Conti.
Size 10 x 16 cms
Price £28.00
Ref:2374
Claire Charlotte Eugénie d’Ailly Duchess de Chaunes
Claire Charlotte Eugénie d’Ailly was a French aristocrat, born in Chaulnes on April 26, 1606, died in Magny (now Guiscard) on June 15, 1681, married to Honoré d’Albert, first Duke of Chaulnes, Marshal of France.
Artist: B.Moncornet
Date:
Size 12 x 16 cms
Price £28.00
Ref:1566
Charles de Lorraine, 2nd cardinal de Lorraine 1524-1574
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.
Artist: Harreoun
Date:
Size 9 x 14 cms
Price £14.00
Ref:882
Anne, Duke de Joyeuse, 1560-1587
Baron d’Arques, Duc de Joyeuse, Admiral of France, Governor of Normandie
Anne de Batarnay de Joyeuse, Baron d’Arques, Vicomte then Duke of Joyeuse was a royal favourite and active participant in the French Wars of Religion. An intimate friend of Henry III of France,
Size 12.5 x 17.5 cms
Price £28.00
Ref:1932
Louis de Bourbon 1604-1641 Count of Soissons.
Louis de Bourbon, Comte de Soissons (May 1604 – 6 July 1641) was the son of Charles de Bourbon, Count of Soissons and his wife, Anne de Montafié, Countess of Clermont-en-Beauvaisis. A second cousin of Louis XIII of France he was a prince du Sang, those considered part of the royal family. Part of the faction who opposed Cardinal Richelieu and his policy of war with Spain, he was killed leading a revolt at the Battle of La Marfée in 1641.
Size 12 x 15 cms
Price £28.00
Ref:2585
Henri, Count of Harcourt 1601-1666
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:
Date:1660
Size 17.5 x 19.5 cms
Price £28.00
Ref:638