Tag Archives: French

Philip III Duke of Burgundy 1396–1467


Duke of Burgundy from 1419 until his death. He was a member of a cadet line of the Valois dynasty, to which all 15th-century kings of France belonged. During his reign, the Burgundian State reached the apex of its prosperity and prestige, and became a leading centre of the arts
Size 12 x 7 cm

Price £12.00

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Guy-Crescent Fagon 1638-1718

French physician and botanist. He came from nobility and his uncle, Guy de La Brosse, had founded the Royal Gardens. Fagon was director of the gardens too. His substitute professors were Gilles-François Boulduc, Antoine de Saint-Yon and Étienne François Geoffroy.

Artist/Engraver Forestier
Size 28 x 21 cms
Price £18.00

Ref:3654

Paul Jean Pierre Sauzet 1800-1876

French lawyer and politician from Lyon who was Minister of Justice and Religious Affairs for a few months in 1836 and was President of the Chamber of Deputies from 1839 until the February Revolution of 1848.

Artist/Engraver Giroux, Émile
Size 26 x 16 cms
Price £14.00

Ref:3653

Alexandre Dumas fils 1824-1895

 

Alexandre Dumas fils was a French author and playwright, best known for the romantic novel La Dame aux Camélias published in 1848, which was adapted into Giuseppe Verdi’s 1853 opera La traviata as well as numerous stage and film productions, usually titled Camille in English-language versions.Dumas fils was the son of Alexandre Dumas père , also a well-known playwright and author of classic works such as The Three Musketeers and The Count of Monte Cristo.

Artist/Engraver Weger
Size 25 x 20 cms
Price £18.00

Ref:3638

Claude de Mesmes, comte d’Avaux

Claude de Mesmes, comte d’Avaux 1595–165) was a 17th-century French diplomat and public administrator, one of France’s leading diplomats in the first half of the century. He was Superintendent of Finances of France from 1649 to 1650.

Subject gender: Male
Artist: after Paulus Pontius

Size 17 x 12.5 cms

Price £28.00

Ref:833

Jan Astruc 1684-1766

French professor of medicine who wrote the first great treatise on syphilis and venereal diseases
Subject gender: Male
Artist: Monnct
Date:
Size 17 x 26 cms
Price £28.00

Ref:2100

Henry I, Duke of Guise 1550-1588

Henry I, Prince of Joinville, Duke of Guise, Count of Eu, sometimes called Le Balafré, was the eldest son of Francis, Duke of Guise, and Anna d’Este. His maternal grandparents were Ercole II d’Este, Duke of Ferrara, and Renée of France
Size 17 x 27 cms
Price £28.00

Ref:2728

Louis XIV, king of France 1643–1715

Louis XIV, also known as Louis the Great or the Sun King, was King of France from 1643 until his death in 1715. His verified reign of 72 years and 110 days is the longest of any sovereign.
Size 15 x 19.5 cms
Price £28.00

Ref:549

Léopold, I Duke of Lorraine 1679-1729

Leopold the Good was Duke of Lorraine and Bar from 1690 to his death. Through his son Francis Stephen, he is the direct male ancestor of all rulers of the Habsburg-Lorraine dynasty, including all Emperors of Austria

Size 8.5 x 14 cms
Price £14.00

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