Willisen was born in Stassfurt as the third son of the mayor of Stassfurt, Karl Wilhelm Hermann von Willisen (1751–1807) and his wife Friederike von Trotha (1768–1826).
Artist: Dittmarsch. Stuttgart
Date:
Size 19 x 16 cms
Price £28.00
Ref:2671
Louis of Lorraine 1622-1654 Duke of Joyeuse
Subject nationality: French
Subject gender: Male
Artist: Balthazar Moncornet 1630-1670
Date:1657
Size 11 x 15.5 cms
Price £28.00
Ref:2670
Archduchess Maria Antonia of Austria 1858–1883
Princess of Tuscany
Subject gender: Female
Artist: A.Weger.Leipzig
Date:
Size 10 x 15 cms
Price £28.00
Ref:2669
Leopold II, Holy Roman Emperor 1747-1792
Leopold II was Holy Roman Emperor, King of Hungary, and Bohemia from 1790 to 1792, and Archduke of Austria and Grand Duke of Tuscany from 1765 to 1790. He was the earliest opponent of capital punishment in modern history.
Size 18.5 x 17 cms
Price £28.00
Ref:2668
Johann Karl of Habsburg 1605-1619
Archduke of Austria, son of Ferdinand II and Maria Anna of Bavaria.
Size 17 x 28 cms
Price £28.00
Ref:2665
King Frederick II and Joseph II in Neisse 1769
The meeting of Emperor Joseph II with King Frederick II in the encampment at Nysa, Poland. Maria Theresa’s son Archduke Joseph, Emperor of the Holy Roman Empire since 1765, admired the enlightened monarch Frederick for his military, administrative and economic successes and from 1766 tried to meet him. After initial resistance from Maria Theresa, the encounter took place in 1769 in the residential town of Neisse, near the border, where Frederick was staying for military maneuvers. Joseph, as Count von Falkenstein, arrived in Neisse around noon on August 25 and went straight to the prince-bishop’s palace, where Frederick received him. The encounter was attended by senior nobles and military officials from both sides.
Artist: P.C.Geisler
Size 12 x 20 cms
Price £28.00
Ref:2663
Caspar Zdenko von Capliers, 1611-1686
Capliers was the son of the appellate councilor Albrecht Ritter von Capliers († 1614) and Magdalena von Udritsch (Magdalena z Údrče). After his father’s early death, his grandfather Caspar Ritter von Capliers took over the upbringing. He was taken prisoner as a participant in the Bohemian Uprising of 1618 and was beheaded on June 21, 1621 and his assets confiscated. The mother then fled to relatives and Caspar Zdenko became an imperial officer. In 1632 he inherited the Ober-Koblitz (Horní Chobolice) estate from a cousin. In 1642 he achieved the rank of colonel sergeant, in 1646 lieutenant colonel and a year later he was promoted to commander of eight companies of cuirassiers. In 1649 he received the patent for a regiment of cavalry. With the regiment he fought for the Spanish against the French in the Milan area. .
Size 13.5 x 18 cms
Price £28.00
Ref:2662
Eduard von Bach 1814-1884
Baron Eduard von Bach was a son of the lawyer Michael Bach; his brothers were the composer Otto Bach and the politician Alexander von Bach. Bach studied at the University of Vienna, among other things. Cameral Sciences and, after successfully completing it, got a job in the state administration. Bach received his first major task in 1846 when he was appointed district captain in Galicia and Bukovina. He held this position for over two years. In mid-1849 he was appointed civil commissioner to Transylvania until the end of 1850. Eduard was raised to the rank of baron with the same coat of arms as a bearer of the Order of the Iron Crown 1st Class and in recognition of his services in 1854, shortly after the appointment of his brother Alexander .
Artist: Hofelich
Size 15 x 23 cms
Price £28.00
Ref:2661
George Basta 1550-1607
Giorgio Basta, Count of Huszt was an Italian general, diplomat, and writer of Arbëreshë origin, employed by the Holy Roman Emperor Rudolf II to command Habsburg forces in the Long War of 1591–1606
Size 12 x 16 cms
Price £28.00
Ref:2659
Charles V, Duke of Lorraine and Bar
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 7 x 8 cms
Price £14.00
Ref:2658