Pope Benedict XIV, born Prospero Lorenzo Lambertini, was head of the Catholic Church and ruler of the Papal States from 17 August 1740 to his death in May 1758
Size 9 x 15 cms
Price £14.00
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Category Archives: Italian
Francesco Papafava dei Carraresi
The Papafava (sometimes also Pappafava, more precisely Papafava dei Carraresi) were an aristocratic family of Padua, a junior branch of the Carraresi.
Artist/Engraver: Sorgato 1848
Size28 x 18 cms
Price £28.00
Ref:3642
Alvise I Mocenigo 1507-1577 doge of Venice
When he was elected in 1570, Venice was preparing for war against the Turks who, eager to take possession of the island of Cyprus , in Venetian hands since 1480 , had set up a powerful fleet to conquer it. In the period 1570-71 things went badly on the island which, soon, despite a hard fight for the possession of Nicosia and the strenuous resistance of Famagusta (where the commander Marcantonio Bragadin , having surrendered with the garrison, was skinned alive), fell into enemy hands.
Engraved by Stefano Scolari circa 1650
Size Oval 33 x 28 cm
Price £48.00
Ref:3573
Fernando Francesco d’Ávalos, 5th Marquess of Pescara 1489-1525
Italian leader of the forces of Holy Roman emperor Charles V against the French king Francis I.
Size 19 x 15 cm
Price £18.00
Ref:3545
Emmanuel Philibert of Savoy 1588–1624
Emmanuel Philibert of Savoy was the third son of Charles Emmanuel I, Duke of Savoy, and was Viceroy of Sicily between 1622 and 1624
Size 18 x 12 cm
Price £22.00
Ref:3544
Innocenzo Conti, Duca di Guadagnolo 1613-1661
Innocens Duca di Conti Guadagnolo
Son of Lotario Conti, II duca di Poli and Giulia Conti, Nobile Romana
Artist: M.Merian
Size 14 x 9 cm
Price £14.00
Ref:3529
Volfango Ruberto Conte Di Rintzmaul 1650
Artist/Engraver Johann Alexander Boner
Size 30 x 18 cms
Price £28.00
Ref:3608
Rinaldo d’Este 1618-1672
Cardinal Rinaldo d’Este was born in 1618, the son of Alfonso III d’Este, Duke of Modena and Isabella of Savoy. He was the brother of Francesco d’Este who succeeded his father as Duke of Modena.. He was elected Bishop of Reggio Emilia in December 1650 and participated in the Papal conclave of 1655 which elected Pope Alexander VII, the conclave of 1667, which elected Pope Clement IX and the conclave of 1669–1670, which elected Pope Clement X. On 24 August 1671 he opted for the order of bishops and was appointed Cardinal-Bishop of Palestrina.
Subject nationality: Italian
Subject gender: Male
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Size 22 x 16 cms
Price £25.00
Ref:847
Nicolò Acciaioli 1629-1719
Niccolò Acciaiuoli, or Acciaioli or Acciajuoli , was an Italian cardinal. He belonged to the noble Florentine Acciaiuoli family, the third of the ten children of senator Ottaviano Acciaiuoli and Maria Acciauioli and was the uncle of Cardinal Filippo Acciaiuoli (1700 – 1766)
Size 8 x 16 cms
Price £14.00
Ref:2821
Arcangelo Corelli 1653-1713
Italian composer and violinist of the Baroque era. His music was key in the development of the modern genres of sonata and concerto, in establishing the preeminence of the violin, and as the first coalescing of modern tonality and functional harmony
Artist: Hugh Howard
Size 14 x 9 cms
Price £10.00
Ref: 3114