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
son of the former, 1763 Prince von Khevenhüller-Metsch; married to Karolina Maria Augustina Countess von Metsch, daughter of Count Johann Adolf
Artist: F.Lippoldt
Date:1705
Size 17 x 29 cms
Price £28.00
Ref:1909
Hungarian statesman, leader of the upper house of the Diet, member of the Board of Academy of Sciences, hero of the 1838 Pest flood.
Size 11 x 15 cms
Price £28.00
Ref:1908
Christian II of Anhalt-Bernburg, was a German prince of the House of Ascania and ruler of the principality of Anhalt-Bernburg. He was the second son of Christian I, Prince of Anhalt-Bernburg by his wife Anna of Bentheim-Tecklenburg, daughter of Arnold III, Count of Bentheim-Steinfurt-Tecklenburg-Limburg.
Size 7 x 11 cms
Price £14.00
Ref:1907
Albert VII was the ruling Archduke of Austria for a few months in 1619 and, jointly with his wife, Isabella Clara Eugenia, sovereign of the Habsburg Netherlands between 1598 and 1621. Prior to this, he had been a cardinal, archbishop of Toledo, viceroy of Portugal and Governor General of the Habsburg Netherlands.
Artist: de.Clere
Date:1559
Size 12.5 x 18.5 cms
Price £28.00
Ref:1905
Ferdinand Maria was a Wittelsbach ruler of Bavaria and an elector of the Holy Roman Empire from 1651 to 1679
Size 10.5 x 15 cms
Price £28.00
Ref:2038
Henri de Lorraine, known as Cadet la Perle, was a French nobleman. He was count of Harcourt, count of Armagnac, count of Brionne and viscount of Marsan. He was the younger son of Charles I, Duke of Elbeuf and his wife Marguerite de Chabot, countess of Charny.
Size 10 x 15 cms
Price £28.00
Ref:2037
Eleonora Gonzaga, was born Princess of Mantua as a member of the House of Gonzaga and by marriage Holy Roman Empress, German Queen, Queen consort of Hungary and Bohemia
Size 11.5 x 17 cms
Price £28.00
Ref:2036
Charles V, Duke of Lorraine and Bar succeeded his uncle Charles IV, Duke of Lorraine as titular Duke of Lorraine and Bar in 1675; both duchies were occupied by France from 1634 to 1661 and 1670 to 1697
Size 9 x 15 cms
Price £14.00
Ref:2034