Category Archives: Italian

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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

Cosimo III de’ Medici Grand Duke of Tuscany 1642-1723

Cosimo III de’ Medici was Grand Duke of Tuscany from 1670 until his death in 1723, the sixth and penultimate from the House of Medici. He reigned from 1670 to 1723, and was the elder son of Grand Duke Ferdinando II

Artist: Justus Sustermans

Size 30 x 20 cms

Price £28.00

Ref: 3486

Margaret, Duchess of Parma 1522-1586

Margaret of Parma Governor of the Netherlands from 1559 to 1567 and from 1578 to 1582, was the illegitimate daughter of Charles V and Johanna Maria van der Gheynst. She was a Duchess consort of Florence and a Duchess consort of Parma and Piacenza by marriage.

Subject gender: Female
Artist:

Size 26 x 16 cms

Price £24.00

Ref:837

Ferdinando II de’ Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany

Ferdinando II de’ Medici 1610-1670 was grand duke of Tuscany from 1621-1670. He was the eldest child of Cosimo II de’ Medici and Maria Maddalena of Austria.

Subject gender: Male
Artist:

Size 22 x 16 cms

Price £38.00

Ref:845

Michelangelo di Lodovico Buonarroti Simoni, 1475-1564

Italian sculptor, painter, architect and poet of the High Renaissance born in the Republic of Florence, who exerted an unparalleled influence on the development of Western art.
Size 11 x 17 cms
Price £28.00

Ref:2460

Pierfrancesco Barbiano 1489-1546

Captain of the Spanish army; Governor of Lodi, Governor of Cremona in 1536; Decurion of Milan; Senator and Councilor of Genoa

Son of Carlo Barbiano and Caterina Visconti
Husband of Paola da Barbiano
Father of Francesco Barbiano, count of Belgioioso; Ludovico Barbiano; Carlo Barbiano; Livia Sanvitale, from Belgioioso; Ippolita Visconti, countess of the S.R.I. and 1 other
Brother of Antonia Fiorbellina Barbiano; Lucrezia Barbiano; Barbara Margherita Barbiano and Ludovico da Barbiano
Artist: J.B.Bonacina
Size 18 x 26 cms
Price £28.00

Ref:2627

Antonio Canova 1757-1822

Leading exponent of the neoclassic style, which dominated the arts in the late 18th and early 19th centuries. Internationally famous, he was regarded as the most brilliant sculptor in Europe.
Size 10 x 13 cms
Price £14.00

Ref:1155

Archduchess Isabella Clara of Austria 1629-1685

Isabella Clara of Austria was a Duchess consort of Mantua, Montferrat, Nevers, Mayenne and Rethel by marriage to Charles II, Duke of Mantua and Montferrat. From 1665 to 1671, she was Regent of the Duchies of Mantua and Montferrat on behalf of her minor son.
Size 16.5 x 28 cms
Price £28.00

Ref:521