German flutist, flute maker and Baroque music composer. He composed hundreds of flute sonatas and concertos, and wrote On Playing the Flute, a treatise on flute performance. His works were known and liked by Bach and Mozart.
Size 9 x 14.5 cms
Price £14.00
Ref:336
Louis of France was the eldest son and heir of Louis XIV, King of France, and his spouse, Maria Theresa of Spain. As the heir apparent to the French throne, he was styled Dauphin. He became known as Le Grand Dauphin after the birth of his own son, Le Petit Dauphin. As he died before his father, he never became king. His grandson became Louis XV of France.
Size 13 x 18 cms
Price £28.00
Ref:2419
Maximilian, Prince of Dietrichstein, was a German prince member of the House of Dietrichstein, Imperial Count of Dietrichstein and owner of the Lordship of Nikolsburg in Moravia
Date:1655
Size 16.5 x 27 cms
Price £28.00
Ref:2649
Elisabeth of Austria was Queen of France from 1570 to 1574 as the wife of King Charles IX. A member of the House of Habsburg, she was the daughter of Maximilian II, Holy Roman Emperor, and Maria of Spain
Size 15.5 x 22 cms
Price £28.00
Ref:2283
Duke of Mantua and Duke of Montferrat from 1626 until his death. He was the son of Duke Vincent I and Eleonora de’ Medici and inherited the duchy at the death of his elder brother Ferdinand, receiving the imperial investiture on 8 February 1627.
Size 17 x 28 cms
Price £28.00
Ref:2054
Archduke Ernest of Austria was an Austrian prince, the son of Maximilian II, Holy Roman Emperor, and Maria of Spain. Born in Vienna, he was educated with his brother Rudolf II, Holy Roman Emperor, in the court of Spain. In 1573 and 1587, he was a candidate for the throne of Poland.
Size 17.5 x 26 cms
Price £28.00
Ref:1945
Frederick III, also known as Frederick the Wise, was Elector of Saxony from 1486 to 1525, who is mostly remembered for the worldly protection of his subject Martin Luther. Frederick was the son of Ernest, Elector of Saxony and his wife Elisabeth, daughter of Albert III, Duke of Bavaria.
Size 8.5 x 15.5 cms
Price £14.00
Ref:455
Italian noblewoman of the Visconti family, the ruling house in Milan from 1277 to 1447. She was the first wife of Stephen III, Duke of Bavaria, and the mother of the French queen Isabeau of Bavaria.
Size 17.5 x 26 cms
Price £28.00
Ref:1781
Otto IV was one of two rival kings of Germany from 1198 on, sole king from 1208 on, and Holy Roman Emperor from 1209 until he was forced to abdicate in 1215. The only German king of the Welf dynasty, he incurred the wrath of Pope Innocent III and was excommunicated in 1210.
Size 16 x 24 cms
Price £28.00
Ref:1241
Admont Abbey is a Benedictine monastery located on the Enns River in the town of Admont, Austria. The oldest remaining monastery in Styria, Admont Abbey contains the largest monastic library in the world
Date:1803
Size 9 x 14.5 cms
Price £14.00
Ref:1183