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Annibale Carracci 1560-1609

Was the most admired painter of his time and the vital force in the creation of Baroque style
Size 10 x 14 cms
Price £28.00

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Maria Anna Adamberger 1752-1804

Maria Anna Adamberger, born Jaquet, was an Austrian actress. She was known for her roles in various comedies, while her sister Katharina Adamberger preferred tragic roles. Heinrich Joseph von Collin and other poets have composed pieces about her.
Size 7.3 x 13 cms
Price £14.00

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Angelica Catalani 1780-1849

Angelica Catalani was an Italian opera singer, the daughter of a tradesman. Her greatest gift was her voice, a soprano of nearly three octaves in range. Its unsurpassed power and flexibility made her one of the greatest bravura singers of all times. She also worked as a singing teacher.:
Size 7 x 9 cms
Price £14.00

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Torquato Tasso 1544-1595

Torquato Tasso was an Italian poet of the 16th century, best known for his poem Gerusalemme liberata, in which he depicts a highly imaginative version of the combats between Christians and Muslims at the end of the First Crusade, during the Siege of Jerusalem.
Size 9 x 9.5 cms
Price £14.00

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Voltaire 1694-1778

François-Marie Arouet, known by his nom de plume Voltaire, was a French Enlightenment writer, historian, and philosopher famous for his wit, his criticism of Christianity, especially the Roman Catholic Church, as well as his advocacy of freedom of speech, freedom of religion, and separation of church and state.
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Size 7.6 x 7.8 cms
Price £14.00

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Friedrich Baumann 1763-1841

Austrian actor a member of the Leopoldstadt Theater under Karl von Marinelli since 1781 and played alongside the famous “Kasperle Laroche” and his older brother Anton Baumann the comic roles in the local plays that formed the repertoire of the popular “Punch and Judy show”. As “Schneider Wetz” in the sisters of Prague by Wenzel Müller , he received great applause and general popularity.
Artist: Johann Joseph Neidl  1776-1832
Size 12 x 16.2 cms
Price £28.00

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Johann Joachim Quantz 1697-1773

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

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