Subject nationality: Italy
Subject gender: Male
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Size 15 x 21 cms
Price £28.00
Ref:1630
Category Archives: Italian
Annibale Albani 1682-1751
Annibal Albani, born in Urbino in 1682 and died in Rome in 1751, cardinal-bishop of Sabina (1711) and then of Porto and Santa Rufina (1743). He was the nephew of Pope Clement XI and brother of Cardinal Alessandro Albani. This suggests that this vase may have belonged to the cardinal.
Artist: M.J
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Size 9.5 x 16 cms
Price £28.00
Ref:2189
Pope Clement XI 1649-1721
Pope Clement XI (Latin: Clemens XI; Italian: Clemente XI; 23 July 1649 – 19 March 1721), born Giovanni Francesco Albani, was head of the Catholic Church and ruler of the Papal States from 23 November 1700 to his death in March 1721.Clement XI was a patron of the arts and of science. He was also a great benefactor of the Vatican Library; his interest in archaeology is credited with saving much of Rome’s antiquity. He authorized expeditions which succeeded in rediscovering various ancient Christian writings and authorized excavations of the Roman catacombs.
Size 9 x 16 cms
Price £28.00
Ref:2813
Francesco Pignatelli 1652-1734
Born at Senise, in the province of Potenza, he entered the order of Theatines in 1665 (age 13). On September 27, 1684, after being nominated by King Charles II of Spain, he was elected archbishop of Taranto. He was recruited by Pope Clement XI to be nuncio to Poland, where he attempted to work on the schism between Catholics and Ruthenians (Ukrainians and Polish). On 19 February 1703 he was transferred to the metropolitan see of Naples and occupied it until his
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Size 9 x 15 cms
Price £14.00
Ref:697
Odoardo Farnese Duke of Parma 1612-1646
Odoardo Farnese, also known as Odoardo I Farnese to distinguish him from his grandson Odoardo II Farnese, was Duke of Parma, Piacenza and Castro from 1622 to 1646.
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Size 17 x 28 cms
Price £28.00
Ref:2586
Ambrogio Spinola Doria, 1st Marquess of The Balbases 1569-1630
Italian condottiero and nobleman of the Republic of Genoa, who served as a Spanish general and won a number of important battles.
Size 8 x 13 cms
Price £14.00
Ref:2680
Luigi Cherubini 1760-1842 Italian-born composer
Luigi Cherubini was an Italian Classical and pre-Romantic composer. His most significant compositions are operas and sacred music. Beethoven regarded Cherubini as the greatest of his contemporaries
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Size 9 x 13 cms
Price £14.00
Ref:2453
Francis IV, Duke of Modena 1779-1846
Francis IV Joseph Charles Ambrose Stanislaus was Duke of Modena, Reggio, and Mirandola, Duke of Massa and Prince of Carrara, Archduke of Austria-Este, Royal Prince of Hungary and Bohemia, Knight of the Order of the Golden Fleece
Francis was born in Milan. His father was Archduke Ferdinand of Austria-Este, Duke of Breisgau, his mother Maria Beatrice Ricciarda d’Este, Duchess of Massa and Princess of Carrara, Lady of Lunigiana.
Artist: Rosmasler
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Size 7 x 11 cms
Price £14.00
Ref:2406
Paolo Renier 1710-1789
Venetian statesman, the 119th, and penultimate, Doge of Venice. He was an orator and tactician, and served as ambassador to Constantinople and to Vienna. His election as Doge was unpopular, and he was the subject of numerous menacing letters at the time.
Size 18 x 26 cms
Price £28.00
Ref:410
Pandolfo Collenuccio 1444-1505
Italian Renaissance humanist, Civil Servant and writer. Born in Pesaro and educated in Padua, Collenuccio first served the Sforza rulers of Pesaro, but was dismissed when Giovanni Sforza succeeded in 1483.
Size 15 x 19 cms
Price £28.00
Ref:852