Hendrik Conscience 1812-1883

Belgian author. He is considered the pioneer of Dutch-language literature in Flanders, writing at a time when Belgium was dominated by the French language among the upper classes, in literature and government. Conscience fought as a Belgian revolutionary in 1830 and was a notable writer in the Romanticist style popular in the early 19th century. He is best known for his romantic nationalist novel, The Lion of Flanders (1838), inspired by the victory of a Flemish peasant militia over French knights at the 1302 Battle of the Golden Spurs during the Franco-Flemish War.

Artist/Engraver
Size 28 x 21 cms
Price £16.00

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Franz Georg von Schönborn 1682-1756

Franz Georg von Schönborn was a German nobleman who served as Archbishop and Elector of Trier from 1729 until his death in 1756. He was also Prince-Bishop of Worms and Prince-Provost of Ellwangen from 1732.

Artist/Engraver
Size 19 x 11 cms
Price £18.00

Ref:3603

Count Ernst Rüdiger von Starhemberg 1638 -1701

Military governor of Vienna from 1680, the city’s defender during the Battle of Vienna in 1683, Imperial general during the Great Turkish War, and President of the Hofkriegsrat. Generations have idealized Starhemberg as saviour of the Western world and culture. By order of Emperor Franz Joseph I of Austria, a statue was erected in his honour in 1872 at the Heeresgeschichtliches Museum in Vienna, where the Battle of Vienna is thoroughly documented, with Starhemberg’s épée and armour on display.

Engraved by Thomas von Wiering circa 1684
Size 36 x 29 cm
(Area of lower right hand text missing as shown)

Price £78.00

Ref:3560

Johann Schweikhard von Kronberg 1553-1626

Archbishop-Elector of Mainz from 1604 to 1626. He commissioned the Schloss Johannisburg, which was built in Aschaffenburg from 1605 to 1614. Under his reign the old arsenal building was finished.

Engraved by Willem de Passe 1597-1637
Size 26 x 23 cm

Price £38.00

Ref:3564

Johann Schweikhard von Kronberg 1553-1626

Archbishop-Elector of Mainz from 1604 to 1626. He commissioned the Schloss Johannisburg, which was built in Aschaffenburg from 1605 to 1614. Under his reign the old arsenal building was finished.

Engraved by or after Willem de Passe 1597-1637
Size 29 x 20 cm

Price £38.00

Ref:3563

William V, Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel 1602-1637

Member of the House of Hesse, was Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel from 1627 to 1637. Having come to rule in unfavorable circumstances and in the midst of the Thirty Years’ War, he continued to suffer losses of territory and wealth.