Baron d’Arques, Duc de Joyeuse, Admiral of France, Governor of Normandie
Anne de Batarnay de Joyeuse, Baron d’Arques, Vicomte then Duke of Joyeuse was a royal favourite and active participant in the French Wars of Religion. An intimate friend of Henry III of France,
Size 12.5 x 17.5 cms
Price £28.00
Ref:1932
Maria Josepha of Bavaria was Holy Roman Empress, Queen of the Romans, Archduchess of Austria, Grand Duchess of Tuscany, etc. by her marriage to Joseph II, Holy Roman Emperor.
Size 16 x 23 cms
Price £28.00
Ref:1930
Ferdinand Charles was the Archduke of Further Austria, including Tyrol, from 1646 to 1662. As the son of Archduke Leopold V and Claudia de’ Medici, he succeeded his father upon the latter’s death in 1632, under his mother’s regency. He took over his mother’s governatorial duties when he came of age in 1646
Size 10 x 15.5 cms
Price £28.00
Ref:1928
Henry II de Lorraine, 5th Duke of Guise was the second son of Charles, Duke of Guise and Henriette Catherine de Joyeuse.
Size 15 x 23 cms
Price £28.00
Ref:1927
Erycius Puteanus was a humanist and philologist from the Low Countries
Size 17 x 29 cms
Price £28.00
Ref:1925
Anders Chydenius was a Finnish priest and a member of the Swedish Riksdag, and is known as the leading classical liberal of Nordic history. Born in Sotkamo, Finland and having studied under Pehr Kalm at the Royal Academy of Åbo, Chydenius became a priest and Enlightenment philosopher
Artist: A.E.Berholot
Date:1748
Size 9.5 x 15 cms
Price £28.00
Ref:1923
Leopold, surnamed the Good, was Duke of Lorraine and Bar from 1690 to his death. He is the ancestor of all rulers of the Habsburg-Lorraine dynasty, including all Emperors of Austria
Artist: H.Rigaut
Date:1701
Size 7 x 13 cms
Price £14.00
Ref:1922
Bergius, a Reformed theologian, was born at Stettin 1587, and studied at Heidelberg, Strasburg, and Dantzic. In 1616 he was made professor of theology at Frankfurt-on-the-Oder
Artist: Otto
Date:
Size 17 x 27 cms
Price £28.00
Ref:1916
Nicolas Boileau-Despréaux, often known simply as Boileau, was a French poet and critic. He did much to reform the prevailing form of French poetry, in the same way that Blaise Pascal did to reform the prose. He was greatly influenced by Horace.
Size 8.5 x 13 cms
Price £14.00
Ref:1914
Károly Kisfaludy was a Hungarian dramatist and artist, brother of Sándor Kisfaludy. He was the founder of the national drama.
Artist: Hofmann
Date:
Size 8 x 10 cms
Price £14.00
Ref:1910