Category Archives: French

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Jacques Callot 1592-1635

French printmaker best known for his highly detailed etchings. His works chronicled his life and included soldiers, biblical stories, hunting, drunken tavern scenes, beggars, and the aristocratic courts of the time.
Artist: Massne
Date:
Size 11 x 16 cms
Price £28.00

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Gaston, Duke of Orléans 1608-1660

Monsieur Gaston, Duke of Orléans , was the third son of King Henry IV of France and his second wife, Marie de’ Medici. As a son of the king, he was born a Fils de France. He later acquired the title Duke of Orléans, by which he was generally known during his adulthood. As the eldest surviving brother of King Louis XIII, he was known at court by the traditional honorific Monsieur.
Size 8 x 13 cms
Price £14.00

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Louis, Dauphin of France. Fils de Louis XIV 1661-1711

Born in 1661 at the Château de Fontainebleau, Louis de France was the first son of Louis XIV and Maria Theresa of Spain. During his lifetime as Dauphin, he was called “Monseigneur”, but was given the name “Grand Dauphin” after his death in 1711, to distinguish him from his son, the Duke of Burgundy.

Size 13 x 18 cms
Price £28.00

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