Mark Welser (1558–1614) was a German banker, politician, and astronomer, who engaged in learned correspondence with European intellectuals of his time. Of particular note is his exchange with Galileo Galilei, regarding sunspots.
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Rupert of the Palatinate sometimes known as Robert of the Palatinate, a member of the House of Wittelsbach, was Elector Palatine from 1398 (as Rupert III) and King of Germany from 1400 until his death.
Artist: R. Gaillard c.1719-1790
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Size 10 x 15 cms
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The Brühl family (de Brüel, von Brühl) is an old German noble family from Saxony-Thuringia, with their ancestral seat in Gangloffsömmern in Thuringia. Branches of the family still exist today.
Heinrich von Brühl, who indirectly controlled Saxony and the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth during the 18th century, was a powerful statesman in the Holy Roman Empire.
One of the most important branches of the Brühl family uses the spelling Brüel or Bryll and mainly resides in Denmark, Sweden, Poland, and United States.
Size 9 x 12 cms
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Elector of Saxony from 1611 to 1656. He led Saxony through the Thirty Years’ War, which dominated his 45 year reign.
Size 23 x 25 cms
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Elisabeth Christine of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel was Princess of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel, Holy Roman Empress, German Queen, Queen of Bohemia and Hungary; and Archduchess of Austria by her marriage to Emperor Charles VI. She was renowned for her delicate beauty and also for being the mother of Empress Maria Theresa.
Size 9.3 x 16 cms
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German physicist, satirist, and Anglophile. As a scientist, he was the first to hold a professorship explicitly dedicated to experimental physics in Germany.
Size 12 x 16 cms
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Prince Bishop of Paderborn and Munster
Size 8.5 x 14 cms
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German diplomat and officer.
Size 6.5 x 10.5 cms
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Georg Ulrich von Wolkenstein-Rodeneck, Count of Wolkenstein-Rodeneck since 1630 (born November 1, 1598 at Bruck Castle (Lienz); † April 23, 1663 in Regensburg) was a German canon and envoy to the Westphalian Peace Congress and the Frankfurt Deputation Day ( 1643–1645) and the Reichstag in Regensburg in 1653.
Size 17 x 28.5 cms
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Johann Georg was an illegitimate son of August the Strong, King of Poland and Elector of Saxony, and Ursula Katharina of Altenbockum, by marriage Princess Lubomirska. At that time, the Lubomirski family was ranked among the most influential families of Poland. He received from his father the name Johann Georg and the characteristic features of thick eyebrows. A few days after his birth, his mother was created Princess of Teschen. Johann Georg grew up in his mother’s houses in Dresden and in Breslau (present-day Wroclaw).
Size 19 x 31 cms
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