Italian jurist and genealogist, born in Florence in 1547. In 1576 he was in the service of Cardinal-Archduke Andreas of Austria. In 1585 he converted to Lutheranism and spent the rest of his life in the Protestant Imperial City of Kempten, where he died in 1626. His most famous work was Principum Christianorum Stemmata
Size 12 x 19 cms
Price £28.00
Ref:908
Charles Emmanuel III was the Duke of Savoy and King of Sardinia from 1730 until his death
Size 9 x 15 cms
Price £14.00
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Catherine de’ Medici; 13 April 1519 – 5 January 1589) was an Italian Florentine noblewoman of the Medici family and Queen of France from 1547 to 1559 by marriage to King Henry II.
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Size 15 x 21 cms
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Annibal Albani, born in Urbino in 1682 and died in Rome in 1751, cardinal-bishop of Sabina (1711) and then of Porto and Santa Rufina (1743). He was the nephew of Pope Clement XI and brother of Cardinal Alessandro Albani. This suggests that this vase may have belonged to the cardinal.
Artist: M.J
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Size 9.5 x 16 cms
Price £28.00
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Pope Clement XI (Latin: Clemens XI; Italian: Clemente XI; 23 July 1649 – 19 March 1721), born Giovanni Francesco Albani, was head of the Catholic Church and ruler of the Papal States from 23 November 1700 to his death in March 1721.Clement XI was a patron of the arts and of science. He was also a great benefactor of the Vatican Library; his interest in archaeology is credited with saving much of Rome’s antiquity. He authorized expeditions which succeeded in rediscovering various ancient Christian writings and authorized excavations of the Roman catacombs.
Size 9 x 16 cms
Price £28.00
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Born at Senise, in the province of Potenza, he entered the order of Theatines in 1665 (age 13). On September 27, 1684, after being nominated by King Charles II of Spain, he was elected archbishop of Taranto. He was recruited by Pope Clement XI to be nuncio to Poland, where he attempted to work on the schism between Catholics and Ruthenians (Ukrainians and Polish). On 19 February 1703 he was transferred to the metropolitan see of Naples and occupied it until his
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Size 9 x 15 cms
Price £14.00
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Odoardo Farnese, also known as Odoardo I Farnese to distinguish him from his grandson Odoardo II Farnese, was Duke of Parma, Piacenza and Castro from 1622 to 1646.
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Size 17 x 28 cms
Price £28.00
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Italian condottiero and nobleman of the Republic of Genoa, who served as a Spanish general and won a number of important battles.
Size 8 x 13 cms
Price £14.00
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Italian condottiero and nobleman of the Republic of Genoa, who served as a Spanish general and won a number of important battles.
Artist: after Michiel Jansz. van Miereveldt
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Size 19 x 26.5 cms
Price £28.00
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Francis IV Joseph Charles Ambrose Stanislaus was Duke of Modena, Reggio, and Mirandola, Duke of Massa and Prince of Carrara, Archduke of Austria-Este, Royal Prince of Hungary and Bohemia, Knight of the Order of the Golden Fleece
Francis was born in Milan. His father was Archduke Ferdinand of Austria-Este, Duke of Breisgau, his mother Maria Beatrice Ricciarda d’Este, Duchess of Massa and Princess of Carrara, Lady of Lunigiana.
Artist: Rosmasler
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Size 7 x 11 cms
Price £14.00
Ref:2406