Category Archives: German

Frederick III, Duke of Holstein-Gottorp 1597-1659


Frederick III of Holstein-Gottorp was a Duke of Holstein-Gottorp. He was the elder son of Duke Johann Adolf of Holstein-Gottorp and Princess Augusta of Denmark. His mother was a daughter of King Frederick II of Denmark. He had ambitious plans concerning the development of sea trade

size 40 x 30 cm

Price £95.00

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John Casimir, Prince of Anhalt-Dessau


John Casimir, Prince of Anhalt-Dessau (1596 -1660), German prince of the House of Ascania. He was ruler of the principality of Anhalt-Dessau from 1618 to 1660.
Artist: Martin Bernigeroth (1670 Rammelburg; – 1733 Leipzig)

Size 35 x 23 cms

Price £55.00

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Louis X, Duke of Bavaria

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Louis X born Grünwald, 1495-1545 was Duke of Bavaria , together with his older brother William IV, Duke of Bavaria. His parents were Albert IV and Kunigunde of Austria, a daughter of Emperor Frederick III.

Artist Christoph Amberger

Size 26 x 18 cms

Price £40.00

Ref: 3504

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Johann Carl Ebner von Eschenbach 1682-1747

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The Ebner von Eschenbach are one of the oldest patrician families of the city of Nuremberg , first mentioned in the year 1251st names obtainable family seat, except for the years 1667 to 1676, until today, the 1508 from the Harsdörffer of Enderndorf acquired mansion in Eschenbach at Hersbruck

Artist Muller 1746
Size 38 x 27 cms

Price £40.00

Ref: 3501

Peter the Wild Boy 1713-1785

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Peter was found in the Hertswold Forest by a party of hunters led by George I while on a visit to his Hanover homeland and brought to Great Britain in 1726 by order of his daughter Caroline of Ansbach Princess of Wales.

Artist: published by John Hinton,

Size 16 x 9 cms

Price £10.00

Ref: 3102

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Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor 1500-1558

Charles V was Holy Roman Emperor and Archduke of Austria from 1519, King of Spain from 1516, and Lord of the Netherlands as titular Duke of Burgundy from 1506.

Size 17 x 10 cms

Price £10.00

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Victor I, Prince of Anhalt-Bernburg-Schaumburg-Hoym

German prince of the House of Ascania who belonged to a cadet branch of the princely house of Anhalt-Bernburg. Through his mother, he inherited the County of Holzappel and Lordship of Schaumburg and founded the cadet branch of Anhalt-Bernburg-Schaumburg-Hoym.

Subject gender: Male
Artist: Syang

Size 30 x 18 cms

Price £28.00

 

Ref: 3042

Martin Luther 1483-1546

Martin Luther OSA was a German monk, Catholic priest, professor of theology and seminal figure of a reform movement in 16th century Christianity, subsequently known as the Protestant Reformation.
Subject gender: Male
Artist: Stobert

Size 15 x 24 cms

Price £18.00

 

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Henry Hammermeister 1799-1860

Hammermeister began his stage career as an opera singer in 1823 at the Schwerin Court Theater . From 1824 to 1828 he was at the Braunschweig Court Theater . In 1828 he went to the then newly formed Hoftheater Leipzig . Here he became known in operas composed by Heinrich Marschner , initially in 1828 in The Vampyr . In Marschner’s opera Der Templer and der Jüdin , premiered in 1829 , Hammermeister sang the Templar, a role that Marschner had written for him. Here Richard Wagner also heard him , who was impressed by him. From 1832 to 1835 he worked at the Royal Opera in Berlin, here too, Marschner’s Templar was performed with him in the leading role. From 1835 to 1840 Hammermeister was engaged at the Hamburg City Theater.

Artist: Kitzeron

Size 36 x 25 cms

Price £28.00

 

Ref: 3037