John George I was Elector of Saxony from 1611 to 1656. He led Saxony through the Thirty Years’ War, which dominated his 45-year reign
Size 8 x 14 cms
Price £14.00
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Tag Archives: Germany
Gertrud Elisabeth Mara [née Schmeling] 1749-1833
German operatic soprano.
Artist: Rauch
Date:
Size 11 x 18 cms
Price £28.00
Ref:2461
Maria Anna Carolina Granduchess of Toscana
Marie Anna of Saxony (15 November 1799 – 24 March 1832), (full name: Maria Anna Carolina Josepha Vincentia Xaveria Nepomucena Franziska de Paula Franziska de Chantal Johanna Antonia Elisabeth Cunigunde Gertrud Leopoldina), was a princess of Saxony. She became Grand Duchess of Tuscany by her marriage to Leopold II, Grand Duke of Tuscany.
Artist: H.Schmidt
Date:
Size 6 x 8 cms
Price £14.00
Ref:755
Christian Reichardt 1685-1775
He was the founder of horticulture in Germany . Reichart is considered a pioneer and sponsor of commercial horticulture in Erfurt and thus founded Erfurt’s reputation as a city of flowers.
Size 10 x 14.4 cms
Price £28.00
Ref:320
Conradus Peutingerus 1465-1547
Conrad Peutinger was a German humanist, jurist, diplomat, politician, and economist. A senior official in the municipal government of the Imperial City of Augsburg, he served as a counselor to Emperor Maximilian I and his successor Charles V.
Size 14 x 21 cms
Price £28.00
Ref:2494
Christian Augustus Count Palatine of Sulzbach 1622-1708
Born in Sulzbach as the eldest son of Augustus, Count Palatine of Sulzbach and Hedwig of Holstein-Gottorp. He succeeded his father in August 1632, at the age of 10. Christian Augustus was a tolerant ruler. He granted his citizens the right to choose their Christian denomination and introduced the Simultaneum, whereby churches had both Protestant and Catholic services. In 1666 he permitted Jews to settle in the Duchy of Sulzbach and, due to his interest in mysticism and the Kabbalah, allowed a Hebrew print-shop. Under his rule, Sulzbach also became an intellectual center and the site of a regionally significant printing industry.
Size 8.5 x 15 cms
Price £14.00
Ref:2297
Eberhard Louis, Duke of Württemberg 1676-1733
Duke Eberhard was the tenth Duke of Württemberg, from 1692 until 1733
For his time he was a very tolerant ruler, commonly noted by modern scholars as “enlightened.
Size 9 x 14 cms
Price £14.00
Ref:1889
Elisabeth Christine of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel 1691-1750
Princess of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel, Holy Roman Empress, German Queen, Queen of Bohemia and Hungary; and Archduchess of Austria by her marriage to Emperor Charles VI. She was renowned for her delicate beauty and also for being the mother of Empress Maria Theresa.
Size 9.5 x 14.5 cms
Price £28.00
Ref:2922
Christian Fürchtegott Gellert 1715-1769
German poet, one of the forerunners of the golden age of German literature that was ushered in by Lessing
Size 9 x 12 cms
Price £14.00
Ref:499
Abraham Gotthelf Kästner 1719-1800
German mathematician and epigrammatist. He was known in his professional life for writing textbooks and compiling encyclopedias rather than for original research. Georg Christoph Lichtenberg was one of his doctoral students, and admired the man greatly.
Size 12 x 14 cms
Price £28.00
Ref:494