Johann Michael came from the noble family Althann . He was chamberlain, Privy Councilor and finally from 1716 to 1722 Oberstallmeister under Charles VI. His offices were not very significant, but he exercised a significant influence as Karl’s personal favorite.
Size 20 x 28 cms
Price £28.00
Ref:2070
Charles the Bold, baptised Charles Martin, was Duke of Burgundy from 1467 to 1477. He was the last Duke of Burgundy from the House of Valois. His early death at the Battle of Nancy at the hands of Swiss mercenaries fighting for René II, Duke of Lorraine was of great consequence in European history
Size 14 x 19 cms
Price £28.00
Ref:1970
Ferdinando I de’ Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany was Grand Duke of Tuscany from 1587 to 1609, having succeeded his older brother Francesco I.
Size 11 x 17 cms
Price £28.00
Ref:2006
Field marshal who commanded the Catholic League’s forces in the Thirty Years’ War. From 1620–31, he had an unmatched and demoralizing string of important victories against the Protestants, including White Mountain, Wimpfen, Höchst, Stadtlohn and the Conquest of the Palatinate
Size 17 x 25 cms
Price £28.00
Ref:1848
William Howard, 1st Baron Howard of Effingham was the son of Thomas Howard, 2nd Duke of Norfolk and Agnes Tilney. He served four monarchs, Henry VIII, Edward VI, Mary I and Elizabeth I, in various official capacities, most notably on diplomatic missions and as Lord Admiral and Lord Chamberlain of the Household.
Size 9 x 12 cms
Price £14.00
Ref:1300
Pierre, 1st Viscount Cambronne, was a general of the First French Empire. A main strategist of the French Revolutionary Wars and Napoleonic Wars, he was wounded at the Battle of Waterloo.
Size 9 x 12 cms
Price £14.00
Ref:1206
Nob. Carlo Maria Buonaparte or Carlo Maria di Buonaparte was an Italian lawyer and diplomat who is best known as the father of Napoleon Bonaparte.
Size 15 x 23 cms
Price £28.00
Ref:252
German writer of prose satires and publicist of the Enlightenment. He was born at Wachau near Leipzig, and he died at Dresden. In 1741 he made his debut as satirist in Schwabe’s Belustigungen des Verstandes und Witzes, and was subsequently a contributor to the Bremer Beitrage
Size 5 x 8.5 cms
Price £14.00
Ref:1072
One of the great female humanist and feminist writers of fifteenth-century Italy. Cereta was the first to put women’s issues and her friendships with women front and center in her work.:
Size 18 x 30 cms
Price £28.00
Ref:1040
Louis William, Margrave of Baden-Baden was the ruling Margrave of Baden-Baden in Germany and chief commander of the Imperial army. He was also known as Türkenlouis for his many defeats of Turkish armies.
Size 14.5 x 18 cms
Price £28.00
Ref:928