Alfonso II d’Este was Duke of Ferrara from 1559 to 1597. He was a member of the House of Este.
Size 18 x 28.5 cms
Price £28.00
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Category Archives: Italian
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
Ref:2862
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
Alexander Farnese, Duke of Parma 1545-1592
Italian noble and condottiero who was Duke of Parma, Piacenza and Castro from 1586 to 1592, as well as Governor of the Spanish Netherlands from 1578 to 1592.
Size 11 x 16 cms
Price £28.00
Ref:112
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
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Raimondo Montecuccoli 1609-1680
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
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
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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
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Antonius Merenda 1578-1655
Antonii Merendae lawyer from Florence
Artist: Frans Pilsen
Date:1655
Size 20 x 31 cms
Price £28.00
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