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. Born in exile in Vienna, Charles spent his military career in the service of the Habsburg monarchy
Engraved by Abraham de Blois. 1679-1720
Painted by Charles Herbel 1656-1703
Size 40 x 30 cm
Price £48.00
Ref:3574
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
Archduke Ferdinand Karl Joseph of Austria-Este (25 April 1781 – 5 November 1850) was the third son of Archduke Ferdinand of Austria-Este and Princess Maria Beatrice Ricciarda d’Este, last member and heiress of the House of Este. For much of the Napoleonic Wars, he was in command of the Austrian army.
Engraver Frenz Stöber 1795 – 1858
Drawn by Jacob Schakini 1820
Size 22 x 13 cm
Price £18.00
Ref:3547
Franz Seraph von Dietrichstein, of the Austrian and Moravian House of Dietrichstein, was Prince of Dietrichstein, Archbishop of Olomouc, Governor of Moravia and a Cardinal
Artist: Adriaen van Bloemen 1639-1697
Engraver Tobias Sadler 1641 – 1679
Size 27 x 16 cm
Price £28.00
Ref:3542
Anna Caterina Gonzaga, OSM, religious name Anna Juliana, was an Archduchess of Austria who became a religious Sister of the Servite Order after the death of her husband, the Archduke Ferdinand II of Austria. A cause for her beatification is open but has not advanced since the 17th century
Date:
Size 17 x 28 cms
Price £14.00
Ref:2909
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
Size 17.5 x 26.5 cms
Price £28.00
Ref:832
Barbara of Austria was born in Vienna to Ferdinand I, Holy Roman Emperor and Anna of Bohemia and Hungary. From 1547, in Innsbruck with her sisters Magdalena, Margareta, Helena and Johanna, she received a deeply religious upbringing.
Subject gender: Female
Size 30 x 18 cms
Price £18.00
Ref: 2921
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 17 x 28 cms
Price £28.00
Ref:2250
Son of Maximillian II, Holy Roman Emperor, and Maria of Spain; brother of Rudolf II, Holy Roman Emperor. Educated in the court of Spain. Governor of Austria from 1576. Knight of the Golden Fleece. From 1594-1595 served as Governor of Spanish Netherlands.
Artist/Engraver Hoef
Size 18 x 19 cms
Price £18.00
Ref:3665
In 1839 Taglioni performed in the USA with his wife. From 1847 to 1857 he worked as a guest choreographer at Her Majesty’s Theatre in London. In 1851 he became the ballet master of the Hofoper (court Theatre) in Berlin. From 1853 to 1856 was ballet master in Naples and from 1856 until 1883 again in Berlin.
Artist/Engraver Weger
Size 28 x 21 cms
Price £18.00
Ref:3641