Count Francesco Algarotti was a Venetian polymath, philosopher, poet, essayist, anglophile, art critic and art collector.
Size 13 x 20 cms
Price £28.00
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Category Archives: Italian
Leopold II, Grand Duke of Tuscany 1797-1870
Grand Duke of Tuscany from 1824 to 1859. He married twice; first to Maria Anna of Saxony, and after her death in 1832, to Maria Antonia of the Two-Sicilies. By the latter, he begat his eventual successor, Ferdinand.
Size 6 x 10 cms
Price £14.00
Ref:595
Peter Leopold Graf Spannocchi 1788-1867
Imperial General of the Cavalry, born in Florence in 1788, died in Vienna 1867. Appointed an ensign in Mittrovsky’s infantry on 1803, he was promoted to sublieutenant in Fürst Auersperg’s infantry 1805. Fought in Germany and, as a first lieutenant in the Stipsicz Huszars, took part in the battle of Caldiero and in the retreat battles at Tagliamento and Isonzo. and in the war of 1809.
Artist: Katzler
Date:
Size 21 x 27 cms
Price £28.00
Ref:1747
Cosimo II de Medici Grand Duke of Tuscany 1590-1620
Cosimo II de’ Medici was Grand Duke of Tuscany from 1609 until his death. He was the elder son of Ferdinando I de’ Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany, and Christina of Lorraine. For the majority of his twelve-year reign, he delegated the administration of Tuscany to his ministers
Size 16.5 x 27 cms
Price £28.00
Ref:1992
Vincenzo Gonzaga, Duke of Mantua 1594-1627
Duke of Mantua and Duke of Montferrat from 1626 until his death. He was the son of Duke Vincent I and Eleonora de’ Medici and inherited the duchy at the death of his elder brother Ferdinand, receiving the imperial investiture on 8 February 1627.
Size 17 x 28 cms
Price £28.00
Ref:2054
Gabriele Serbelloni 1509-1580 General
Gabriele Serbelloni, better known as Gabrio Serbelloni, was an Italian condottiero and general. A noble by birth, he achieved an even higher status through his military accomplishments as well as his family connections.
Size 16 x 27.5 cms
Price £28.00
Ref:2548
Cardinal Giovanni Battista Salerni 1671-1729
Jesuit and cardinal from Cosenza, elevated on 29 November 1719; appointed Cardinal-Priest of S. Stefano al Monte Celio.
Size 10 x 15 cms
Price £28.00
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Girolamo Caraffa, Marquis of Montenegro 1564-1633
In 1587, Girolamo joined the Spanish army, against the will of his family. First he served under Alexander Farnese in the Dutch Revolt. Then he fought against King Henry IV of France, more specifically at Ligne (1590) and Rouen (1592). Later he commanded an army unit in Friesland, Brabant and Flanders. In the Franco-Spanish War (1595-1598) he first fought in some smaller battles in the border area. But in 1597, he participated in the Siege of Amiens, where he became leader of the besieged Spanish troops, when General Porto-Carrero was killed. He defended the city with great courage, and was honoured by King Henry IV of France, when he had to surrender the city on September 25.
Size 17 x 28 cms
Price £28.00
Ref:2549
Vittorio Alfieri 1749-1803
Count Vittorio Alfieri was an Italian dramatist and poet, considered the “founder of Italian tragedy.”
Size 13 x 20 cms
Price £28.00
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Ramboldo XIII, Count of Collalto 1575-1630
The House of Collalto (full name – Princes of Collalto and San Salvatore) is an old and distinguished Austro-Italian noble house of Lombard origin, named after their seat at Collalto in Susegana, now in the Province of Treviso in Italy. Throughout its history, the house had their possessions in Italy, Austria and Moravia. Its name comes from Italian
Size 13 x 15 cms
Price £28.00
Ref:2435