Raimondo, Count of Montecuccoli was an Italian-born professional soldier who served the Habsburg Monarchy. He was also a Prince of the Holy Roman Empire and Duke of Melfi, in the Kingdom of Naples.
Date:1646
Size 11 x 16 cms
Price £28.00
Ref:994
Category Archives: Italian
Maria Maddalena of Austria 1589-1631
Grand Duchess of Tuscany by her marriage to Cosimo II in 1609 until his death in 1621.
Size 8.5 x 14 cms
Price £14.00
Ref:476
Francesco IV Gonzaga 1586-1612
Born in Mantua, he was the eldest son of Duke Vincenzo I and Eleonora de’ Medici.
Francesco became Duke upon his father’s death on 9 February 1612. He died at Mantua on 22 December 1612 without male heirs. He was succeeded by his brother Ferdinand; however, Charles Emmanuel I, Duke of Savoy, the father of Francesco’s wife Margaret of Savoy, disputed this, leading to the War of the Montferrat Succession (1613–1617).
Size 17 x 28 cms
Price £28.00
Ref:2067
Vincentius Gonzaga, 4th Duke of Mantua, 1551-1612
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
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
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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