Category Archives: German

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3037

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

836

Albert I of Germany

Albert I of 1255 –1308 was King of the Romans and Duke of Austria, the eldest son of German King Rudolph I of Habsburg and his first wife Gertrude of Hohenburg.

Subject gender: Male
Artist: Klupfel

Size 15 x 12 cms

Price £18.00

Ref:836

843

John Frederick, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg 1625-1679

John Frederick ( Johann Friedrich; 1625, Herzberg am Harz – 18 December 1679, Augsburg) was duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg and ruled over thePrincipality of Calenberg, a subdivision of the duchy, from 1665 until his death.

Subject gender: Male
Artist: 1668

Size 22 x 16 cms

Price £28.00

Ref:843

1856

Johann Heinrich von Dünewald 1617-1691

Dünewald’s parents were Lorenz and Katharina von Dünewald. He was first in Swedish, later in imperial service. He distinguished himself in the Battle of St. Gotthard in 1664. He became a major general and was given command of a cuirassier regiment in 1670, which he was to lead for over twenty years. He later helped to defeat the French at Sasbach under Raimondo Montecuccoli and was therefore elevated to the rank of count by Emperor Leopold I in 1675 and became a general of the cavalry.
Size 14.5 x 18 cms
Price £28.00

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2242

Maximilian II. Holy Roman emperor 1527-1576

Maximilian II, a member of the Austrian House of Habsburg, was Holy Roman Emperor from 1564 until his death. He was crowned King of Bohemia in Prague on 14 May 1562 and elected King of Germany on 24 November 1562. On 8 September 1563 he was crowned King of Hungary and Croatia in the Hungarian capital Pressburg.
Date:1493
Size 18 x 30 cms
Price £28.00

Ref:2242

2567

Sophie Auguste of Anhalt-Zerbst 1663-1694

Sophie Auguste of Anhalt-Zerbst, was a German noblewoman member of the House of Ascania and by marriage Duchess of Saxe-Weimar. Born in Zerbst, she was the eleventh of fourteen children born from the marriage of John VI, Prince of Anhalt-Zerbst and Sophie Augusta of Holstein-Gottorp
Size 22 x 34 cms
Price £28.00

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