Category Archives: Spanish

Phillip IV, King of Spain 1605-1665

Philip IV, also called the Planet King, was King of Spain from 1621 to his death and King of Portugal from 1621 to 1640. Philip is remembered for his patronage of the arts, including such artists as Diego Velázquez, and his rule over Spain during the Thirty Years’ War.
Date:1638
Size 8 x 13 cms
Price £14.00

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Philip III of Spain 1578-1621

A member of the House of Habsburg, Philip III was born in Madrid to King Philip II of Spain and his fourth wife, his niece Anna, the daughter of Holy Roman Emperor Maximilian II and Maria of Spain. Philip III later married his cousin Margaret of Austria, sister of Ferdinand II, Holy Roman Emperor.
Artist: Moncornet
Date:
Size 12 x 16 cms
Price £28.00

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Luis de Guzmán Ponce de Leon

Luis de Guzmán Ponce de Leon, also known in Italy as Don Luigi Guzman Ponce di Leone (Marchena, June 11, 1605 – Milan, March 29, 1668), was a Spanish general and politician, Count of Villaverde. From 1662 he was governor of the Duchy of Milan.
Artist: Durello
Date:
Size 15 x 24 cms
Price £28.00

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Philip I Archduke of Austria, duke of Burgundy 1478-1506

Philip the Handsome also called the Fair, was ruler of the Burgundian Netherlands and titular Duke of Burgundy from 1482 to 1506, as well as the first Habsburg King of Castile (as Philip I) for a brief time in 1506.
Date:1506
Size 17.5 x 18 cms
Price £28.00

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Cardinal-Infante Ferdinand 1609-1641

Cardinal-Infante Ferdinand was a Spanish and Portuguese prince, Governor of the Spanish Netherlands, Cardinal of the Holy Catholic Church, Archduke of Austria, Archbishop of Toledo, and a general during the Thirty Years’ War, the Eighty Years’ War, and the Franco-Spanish War.
Size 9 x 13 cms
Price £14.00

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General Riego 1784-1823

Rafael del Riego y Flórez (7 April 1784 – 7 November 1823) was a Spanish general and liberal politician, who played a key role in the establishment of the Liberal Triennium (Trienio liberal in Spanish).
Artist:
Date:
Size 18 x 22.6 cms
Price £28.00

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Gedeon Ráday 1713-1792

Hungarian poet,  book collector, writer, organizer of literary life, Gedeon Ráday collected coins and medals, graphics, paintings for the family collection as well. The family residence at Pécel was widely admired by the contemporaries.
Artist: Thomas Klims
Date:1788
Size 9 x 14 cms
Price £14.00

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Maria Amalia of Saxony 1724 -1760, queen of Naples and Sicily

Maria Amalia (Maria Amalia Christina Franziska Xaveria Flora Walburga;  was Queen of Spain from 10 August 1759 until her death in 1760 as the wife of King Charles III. Previously, she had been Queen of Naples and Sicily since marrying Charles on 19 June 1738. She was born a princess of Poland and Saxony, daughter of King Augustus III of Poland and Princess Maria Josepha of Austria. Maria Amalia and Charles had thirteen children, of whom seven survived into adulthood. A popular consort, Maria Amalia oversaw the construction of the Caserta Palace outside Naples as well as various other projects, and she is known for her influence upon the affairs of state.
Artist: Martin Friedrich Bernigeroth 1737-1801
Date:
Size 22 x 32 cms
Price £28.00

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Carlos, Prince of Asturias 1545-1568

Carlos, Prince of Asturias, also known as Don Carlos (8 July 1545 – 24 July 1568), was the eldest son and heir apparent of King Philip II of Spain. His mother was Maria Manuela of Portugal, daughter of John III of Portugal. Carlos was known to be mentally unstable and was imprisoned by his father in early 1568, dying after half a year of solitary confinement. His imprisonment and death were utilized in Spain’s Black Legend. His life inspired the play Don Carlos by Friedrich Schiller and the opera Don Carlos by Giuseppe Verdi.
Size 18 x 28 cms
Price £28.00

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