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Otto Wilhelm von Königsmarck 1639-1688

Otto Wilhelm Graf (count) von Königsmarck, born 1639 in Minden, Germany, died 1688 in Modon, Greece, was a German-Swedish count, military officer, field marshal since 1667, Governor General for Swedish Pomerania (1679-1687), leader of the Venetian conquest of the Morea in the beginning of the Morea War; son of Hans Christoff Königsmarck; he died of the plague on an admiral’s ship at the Greece shore.
Artist: Cornelius Nicolas Schurtz (active 1670-1689)
Date:
Size 13 x 18 cms
Price £28.00

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Domenico Antonio Thun 1686 – 1758

Prince Bishop of Trento. Domenico Antonio was accused of having a greater dedication to the enjoyment of life and revelry than to the spiritual and temporal government of the principality. He was in fact guilty of being a “frequent frequenter of taverns, not averse to excessive familiarity with persons of the opposite sex, a lover of profane discourses and libertine songs, a devoted guest of the Venice carnival, where he went with his court of revealers and freeloaders”
Size 9 x 15 cms
Price £14.00

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Dominique-François Rivard 1697-1778

Rivard studied in Paris and obtained a chair of philosophy at the college of Beauvais, which he left in 1749. He is the author of numerous educational manuals in mathematics and ancient languages, including Institutiones philosophicæ,
Size 8 x 13.5 cms
Price £14.00

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Louis, Grand Dauphin of France 1661-1711

Louis, Dauphin of France, commonly known as le Grand Dauphin, was the eldest son and heir apparent of King Louis XIV and his spouse, Maria Theresa of Spain. He became known as the Grand Dauphin after the birth of his own son, Louis, Duke of Burgundy, the Petit Dauphin.
Artist: Sysang
Date:
Size 18 x 25 cms
Price £28.00

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Maria Theresia Empress of Austria 1717-1780

Maria Theresa was ruler of the Habsburg dominions from 1740 until her death in 1780, and the only woman to hold the position suo jure. She was the sovereign of Austria, Hungary, Croatia, Bohemia, Transylvania, Mantua, Milan, Galicia and Lodomeria, the Austrian Netherlands, and Parma
Size 11 x 17 cms
Price £18.00

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