Ruler of the Duchy of Mantua and Montferrat from 1587 to 1612. He was married to Eleonora di Medici in 1584 and his daughter, Eleonore Gonzaga, married Ferdinand II, Holy Roman Emperor.
Size 16 x 28 cms
Price £28.00
Ref:2073
Category Archives: Italian
Antonius Merenda 1578-1655
Antonii Merendae lawyer from Florence
Artist: Frans Pilsen
Date:1655
Size 20 x 31 cms
Price £28.00
Ref:2726
Pope Urban VIII Urbanus 1568-1644
Pope Urban VIII was head of the Catholic Church and ruler of the Papal States from 6 August 1623 to his death in 1644. He expanded the papal territory by force of arms and advantageous politicking, and was also a prominent patron of the arts and a reformer of Church missions
Size 7 x 11 cms
Price £14.00
Ref:2686
Charles Emmanuel III 1701-1773 Duke of Savoy and King of Sardinia
Charles Emmanuel III Savoy of Sardinia, King of Sardinia, Duke of Savoy, was born 27 April 1701 in Turin to Victor Amadeus II of Sardinia (1666-1732) and Anne Marie of Orléans (1669-1728) and died 20 March 1773 inTurin of unspecified causes. He married Anne Christine von Sulzbach (1704-1723)
Size 4 x 7 cms
Price £14.00
Ref:2422
Flavius Blondus (flavio Biondo)1392-1463 secretary to Popes Eugenius IV., Nicholas V., Calixtus III. and Pius II
Subject nationality: Italian
Subject gender: Male
Artist:
Date:
Size 4 x 8 cms
Price £14.00
Ref:2760
Gaudenzio De Pagave 1776-1833, Italian benefactor
The Gaudenzio De Pagave Institute was founded in Novara in 1833 from the will of the Knight Gaudenzio De Pagave who, upon dying, left all his property as an inheritance to the citizens of Novara, so that they could take care of alleviating the terrible ” scourge of poverty “.
Artist: Geille
Date:
Size 13 x 18 cms
Price £28.00
Ref:2325
Camillo Benso Graf von Cavour 1810-1861
Camillo Paolo Filippo Giulio Benso, Count of Cavour, Isolabella and Leri, generally known as Cavour, was an Italian politician, businessman, economist and noble, and a leading figure in the movement towards Italian unification
Artist: A.Weger
Date:
Size 16 x 22 cms
Price £14.00
Ref:2931
Torquato Tasso 1544-1595
Torquato Tasso was an Italian poet of the 16th century, best known for his poem Gerusalemme liberata, in which he depicts a highly imaginative version of the combats between Christians and Muslims at the end of the First Crusade, during the Siege of Jerusalem.
Size 9 x 9.5 cms
Price £14.00
Ref:340
Don Giovanni de’ Medici 1567-1621
Italian military commander, diplomat and architect. Medici was born the illegitimate son of Cosimo I de’ Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany and of Eleonora of Albizzi. Medici was later legitimated by his father
Size 12 x 15 cms
Price £28.00
Ref:950
Johann Baptist Serbelloni 1696-1778
Austrian Major-General (1742-54), General of Cavalry (1754-8), Feldmarshall (1758-78) born 1694(97), Duchy of Milan, Habsburg Domain died September 7, 1778, Milan,
Size 15.5 x 22 cms
Price £28.00
Ref:565