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Anton Rafael Mengs 1728-1779 Artist

Anton Raphael Mengs was a German painter, active in Dresden, Rome and Madrid, who while painting in the Rococo period of the mid-18th century became one of the precursors to Neoclassical painting, which replaced Rococo as the dominant painting style.
Artist: A.Schule
Date:1821
Size 11 x 17 cms
Price £28.00

Ref:2459

Maximilian II Emanuel, Elector of Bavaria 1662-1726

Maximilian II also known as Max Emanuel or Maximilian Emanuel, was a Wittelsbach ruler of Bavaria and a Prince-elector of the Holy Roman Empire. He was also the last governor of the Spanish Netherlands and Duke of Luxembourg. An able soldier, his ambition led to conflicts that limited his ultimate dynastic achievements.
He was born in Munich to Ferdinand Maria, Elector of Bavaria and Princess Henriette Adelaide of Savoy (d.1676). His maternal grandparents were Victor Amadeus I of Savoy and Christine of France, daughter of King Henry IV of France.
Artist: Priuilegio
Date:1662
Size 13.5 x 20 cms
Price £28.00

Ref:1648

Paul von Rusdorf c. 1385 – 1441

Paul von Rusdorf was the 29th Grand Master of the Teutonic Knights, serving from 1422 to 1441. The Treaty of Melno was one of von Rusdorf’s first acts; it brought stability to the Order and its relations, but fighting resumed in 1431 with the Polish-Teutonic War. Johannes von Baysen was one of his ambassadors
Artist:
Date:1436
Size 15 x 25 cms
Price £28.00

Ref:1576

Anna Luise Föhse, Princess of Anhalt-Dessau 1677-1745

Anna Louise Föhse, Princess of the Holy Roman Empire was a German imperial princess. Born as a commoner to Rudolf Föhse (d. 1698), the court pharmacist in Dessau, and his wife, Agnes Ohme (d. 1707), she married Leopold I, Prince of Anhalt-Dessau and was later ennobled by Leopold I, Holy Roman Emperor.
Artist: Sysang
Date:
Size 16 x 28 cms
Price £14.00

Ref:2156

Albrecht I 1236-1279 ( Albrecht der Große or Tall)

A member of the House of Welf, was Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg from 1252 and the first ruler of the newly created Principality of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel from 1269 until his death.
Artist: Eisenmenger
Date:
Size 7 x 18 cms
Price £14.00

Ref:1969

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