German writer of prose satires and publicist of the Enlightenment. He was born at Wachau near Leipzig, and he died at Dresden. In 1741 he made his debut as satirist in Schwabe’s Belustigungen des Verstandes und Witzes, and was subsequently a contributor to the Bremer Beitrage.
Size 12 x 19 cms
Price £28.00
Ref:487
Prince of Saxe-Lauenburg and initially imperial and later Electoral Saxon field marshal. In the Thirty Years’ War he fought and acted alternately on the side of both warring parties, building up a special relationship of trust with Wallenstein.
Size 12 x 14.5 cms
Price £28.00
Ref:874
Princess Alexandrine of Baden was the Duchess of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha as the wife of Ernest II. She was the eldest child of Leopold, Grand Duke of Baden, and his wife Princess Sophie of Sweden.
Artist: Carl Meyer
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Size 6.5 x 10 cms
Price £14.00
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Prince Georg Friedrich of Waldeck was a German and Dutch Field Marshal and, for the last three years of his life, Grand Master of the Order of Saint John
Size 12.5 x 17 cms
Price £28.00
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Damian Hugo Philipp von Schönborn was Prince-Bishop of Speyer, Bishop of Konstanz and a cardinal.
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Size 9 x 14 cms
Price £14.00
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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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Size 5 x 8 cms
Price £14.00
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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
Price £28.00
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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
Price £14.00
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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
Price £28.00
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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
Price £28.00
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