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Octavio Piccolomini. 1599-1656

Ottavio Piccolomini was an Italian nobleman whose military career included service as a Spanish general and then as a field marshal of the Holy Roman Empire
Artist: Sysang
Date:
Size 9 x 13 cms
Price £28.00

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Charles Emmanuel III of Sardinia 1701-1773

Charles Emmanuel III was Duke of Savoy, King of Sardinia and ruler of the Savoyard states from 3 September 1730 until his death in 1773. He was the paternal grandfather of the last three mainline Kings of Sardinia.
Size 16.5 x 22.7 cms
Price £28.00

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Cardinal Angelo Maria Querini 1680-1755

Quirini’s writings include many works on the history of the Church, of Corfu, and of Brescia, as well as a five-volume edition of the correspondence of Cardinal Reginald Pole. In Brescia, he founded in 1745 the Biblioteca Queriniana, which still exists today, and he sponsored the German missions. He also financed the completion of the St. Hedwig Church in Berlin, which is today the cathedral of the archbishopric of Berlin.
Date:
Size 10 x 15 cms
Price £18.00

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Ferdinand III, Grand Duke of Tuscany 1769-1824

Ferdinand III was Grand Duke of Tuscany from 1790 to 1801 and, after a period of disenfranchisement, again from 1814 to 1824. He was also the Prince-elector and Grand Duke of Salzburg and Grand Duke of Würzburg.
Date:1788
Size 7.5 x 12 cms
Price £14.00

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Pietro Aretino 1492-1556

Italian author, playwright, poet, satirist and blackmailer, who wielded influence on contemporary art and politics.
Size 4.5 x 7 cms
Price £14.00

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Domenico Antonio Thun 1686 – 1758

Prince Bishop of Trento. Domenico Antonio was accused of having a greater dedication to the enjoyment of life and revelry than to the spiritual and temporal government of the principality. He was in fact guilty of being a “frequent frequenter of taverns, not averse to excessive familiarity with persons of the opposite sex, a lover of profane discourses and libertine songs, a devoted guest of the Venice carnival, where he went with his court of revealers and freeloaders”
Size 9 x 15 cms
Price £14.00

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