French historian and collector, called ‘president’ after his rank in the Paris Parliament
Size 4.5 x 7.5 cms
Price £14.00
Ref:955
Tag Archives: French
Carlo III, duca di Lorena 1543-1608
Duke of Lorraine, known as “the Great”. He took part in the civil wars of France and in 1588 joined the Catholic League. In 1559 he married Claudia, daughter of the French king Henry II of Valois (1519-1559). His daughter Cristina (1565-1636) married Ferdinando I de’ Medici (1549-1609), Grand Duke of Tuscany.
Size 13 x 20 cms
Price £28.00
Ref:329
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
Ref:163
François-Christophe de Lévis-Vantadour 1603-1661
Duke of Damville, Count of Brion, first equerry of the Duke of Orléans, ninth viceroy of New France from 1644 to 1660. He was created Duke of Anville, after the death of his maternal uncle, Henri II, Duke of Montmorency
Artist: B.Moncornet
Date:
Size 11.5 x 16 cms
Price £28.00
Ref:998
Louis-Napoléon Bonaparte 1856-1879
Napoléon, Prince Imperial, also known as Louis-Napoléon Bonaparte, was the only child of Emperor Napoleon III and his wife, Eugénie de Montijo. After his father was dethroned in 1870, he relocated with his family to England.
Size 15 x 19 cms
Price £28.00
Ref:2234
Jacques Callot 1592-1635
French printmaker best known for his highly detailed etchings. His works chronicled his life and included soldiers, biblical stories, hunting, drunken tavern scenes, beggars, and the aristocratic courts of the time.
Artist: Massne
Date:
Size 11 x 16 cms
Price £28.00
Ref:3000
Marie Josephine Louise of Savoy. Wife of Louis XVIII
Marie Joséphine of Savoy (Italian: Maria Giuseppina Luisa; 2 September 1753 – 13 November 1810) was a princess of France and Countess of Provence by marriage to the future King Louis XVIII of France. She was regarded by Bourbon royalist Legitimists as the titular ‘Queen of France’ when her husband assumed the title of king in 1795 upon the death of his nephew, the titular King Louis XVII of France, until her death. She was never practically queen, as she died before her husband actually became king in 1814.
Date:
Size 9.5 x 12 cms
Price £14.00
Ref:1685
Jean-Louis Guez de Balzac 1597-1654
Jean-Louis Guez de Balzac was a French author in Baroque Précieuses style, best known for his epistolary essays, which were widely circulated and read in his day. He was one of the founding members of the Académie française.
Artist: After Mellan
Date:1654
Size 10 x 14.5 cms
Price £28.00
Ref:630
André Masséna, Prince of Essling 1758-1817
André Masséna, Prince of Essling, Duke of Rivoli was a French military commander during the French Revolutionary Wars and the Napoleonic Wars. He was one of the original 18 Marshals of the Empire created by Napoleon I. He was nicknamed l’Enfant chéri de la Victoire (the Dear Child of Victory). He is often considered as one of the greatest generals of the Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars.:
Date:1804
Size 13.5 x 21 cms
Price £28.00
Ref:599
Marie Louise Élisabeth of France 1727-1759
Marie Louise Élisabeth of France was a French princess, the eldest daughter of King Louis XV of France and his Queen consort, Maria Leszczyńska, and the elder twin of Anne Henriette de France.
Size 16 x 22 cms
Price £28.00
Ref:378