Quirini’s writings include many works on the history of the Church, of Corfu, and of Brescia, as well as a five-volume edition of the correspondence of Cardinal Reginald Pole. In Brescia, he founded in 1745 the Biblioteca Queriniana, which still exists today, and he sponsored the German missions. He also financed the completion of the St. Hedwig Church in Berlin, which is today the cathedral of the archbishopric of Berlin.
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Size 10 x 15 cms
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Subject nationality: Italian
Subject gender: Male
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Size 6.5 x 11 cms
Price £14.00
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Pope Innocent X, born Giovanni Battista Pamphilj, was head of the Catholic Church and ruler of the Papal States from 15 September 1644 to his death, in January 1655.
Size 9 x 13 cms
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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
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Size 16 x 22 cms
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Italian author, playwright, poet, satirist and blackmailer, who wielded influence on contemporary art and politics.
Size 4.5 x 7 cms
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Prince Bishop of Trento. Domenico Antonio was accused of having a greater dedication to the enjoyment of life and revelry than to the spiritual and temporal government of the principality. He was in fact guilty of being a “frequent frequenter of taverns, not averse to excessive familiarity with persons of the opposite sex, a lover of profane discourses and libertine songs, a devoted guest of the Venice carnival, where he went with his court of revealers and freeloaders”
Size 9 x 15 cms
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The penultimate Medici Grand Duke of Tuscany. He reigned from 1670 to 1723, and was the elder son of Grand Duke Ferdinando II. Cosimo’s 53-year-long reign, the longest in Tuscan history, was marked by a series of ultra-reactionary laws which regulated prostitution and banned May celebrations.
Artist: P.Aubry
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Size 10 x 15 cms
Price £28.00
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Born, in Mantua to Antonio Collalto and Giulia Torelli daughter of Marcantonio and Ippolita Gonzaga. His family, residing in the castle of San Salvatore in Susegana, was the most prestigious in the Treviso area, but for some time its noble privileges had been reduced by the government of the Serenissima. In 1595, for example, the right of mere and mixed empire was suppressed, while the Montello possessions were confiscated. Contrary to his relatives, such as his father and brothers Massimiliano II and Vincinguerra IV, Collalto reacted to these acts by refusing any military employment under the insignia of San Marco.
Size 15 x 24 cms
Price £28.00
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Victor Amadeus II, (born May 14, 1666, Turin, Savoy —died Oct. 31, 1732, Moncalieri, near Turin), duke of Savoy who through his diplomacy became the first king of Sardinia-Piedmont and thus established the foundation for the future Italian national state.
Size 13.8 x 19.6 cms
Price £28.00
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Ercole III d’Este was Duke of Modena and Reggio from 1780 to 1796, and later of Breisgau. He was a member of the House of Este.
Artist: G.Pisara
Date: 1816
Size 12 x 16 cms
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