Italian military commander, diplomat and architect. Medici was born the illegitimate son of Cosimo I de’ Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany and of Eleonora of Albizzi. Medici was later legitimated by his father
Size 12 x 15 cms
Price £28.00
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Category Archives: Italian
Johann Baptist Serbelloni 1696-1778
Austrian Major-General (1742-54), General of Cavalry (1754-8), Feldmarshall (1758-78) born 1694(97), Duchy of Milan, Habsburg Domain died September 7, 1778, Milan,
Size 15.5 x 22 cms
Price £28.00
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Octavio Piccolomini. 1599-1656
Ottavio Piccolomini was an Italian nobleman whose military career included service as a Spanish general and then as a field marshal of the Holy Roman Empire
Artist: Sysang
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Size 9 x 13 cms
Price £28.00
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Charles Emmanuel III of Sardinia 1701-1773
Charles Emmanuel III was Duke of Savoy, King of Sardinia and ruler of the Savoyard states from 3 September 1730 until his death in 1773. He was the paternal grandfather of the last three mainline Kings of Sardinia.
Size 16.5 x 22.7 cms
Price £28.00
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Cardinal Angelo Maria Querini 1680-1755
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
Price £18.00
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Nicolaus Sagredus Duke of Venedig (Venice)
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 Giovanni Battista Pamphilj (or Pamphili) 1574-1655
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
Price £14.00
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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
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Size 16 x 22 cms
Price £14.00
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Pietro Aretino 1492-1556
Italian author, playwright, poet, satirist and blackmailer, who wielded influence on contemporary art and politics.
Size 4.5 x 7 cms
Price £14.00
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Domenico Antonio Thun 1686 – 1758
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
Price £14.00
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