Was a daughter of Cosimo II de’ Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany and his wife Maria Maddalena of Austria. A patron of the arts, she married Ferdinand Charles, Archduke of Further Austria in 1646. They were the parents of Claudia Felicitas of Austria, Holy Roman Empress.
Size 17 x 28 cms
Price £28.00
Ref:2908
Princess Maria Ferdinanda of Saxony was a daughter of Maximilian, Crown Prince of Saxony and his first wife Princess Carolina of Parma. She was by marriage Grand Duchess of Tuscany from 1821 to 1824.
Artist: Gozzini
Date:1822
Size 13 x 23.5 cms
Price £28.00
Ref:833
He was born on 8 February 1657, into the noble Falconieri family, son of Paolo Francesco and Vittoria del Bufalo. Pope Benedict XIII elevated him to the rank of cardinal of the title of Santa Maria della Scala in the consistory of 11 September 1724. He died on 26 January 1734 at the age of 77.
Size 9 x 14 cms
Price £14.00
Ref:2865
Ferdinand was born in Florence, Tuscany, into the House of Habsburg-Lorraine. He was the second son of Leopold, then Grand-Duke of Tuscany, and his wife, Infanta Maria Luisa of Spain. Being the Grand Duchy a secundogeniture, when his father was elected Emperor of the Holy Roman Empire, Ferdinand succeeded him as Grand Duke of Tuscany, officially taking the office on 22 July 1790.
Artist: Fietta
Date:1810
Size 11 x 16 cms
Price £28.00
Ref:2891
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
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
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 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
Innocens Duca di Conti Guadagnolo was a son of Lothario Conti, Duke of Poli and Margrave of Piatica and his wife Julia Ursinae de Bomarzo. He was born and studied in Rome. After his father’s death, Conti joined the service in the army of Ferdinand III and as a commander of the division of cuirassiers participated in the Battle of Diedenhoden (Thionville) in the army of Prince Piccolomini. In 1647 he became commander of the infantry regiment and fought in the Battle of Jihlava where he was seriously wounded. Later on Conti participated in the conquests of Krems, Kornneuburg and Opava. That same year, Conti was proposed the commander of Regensburg.
Artist: M.Merian
Size 14 x 9 cm
Price £SOLD
Ref:3529
Artist/Engraver Johann Alexander Boner
Size 30 x 18 cms
Price £28.00
Ref:3608