King of Prussia from 1786 until his death in 1797. He was in personal union the Prince-elector of Brandenburg and sovereign prince of the Canton of Neuchâtel. As a defensive reaction to the French Revolution, Frederick William II ended the German Dualism between Prussia and Austria.
Artist: A.Graff
Date:1792
Size 8.5 x 14.5 cms
Price £14.00
Ref:845
His family (originally “Begasse”) came from Belgium, in the region near Verviers and Liège. He was the third child of Franz Anton Begasse (1764–1842), a judge, and his wife, Susanne née Hoffstadt. In 1802, they moved to Cologne, where he received his first artistic training from the miniaturist, Franz Katz [de]. Later, he studied at the Lyceum in Bonn with Clemens August Philippart (1751–1825). In 1813, he went to Paris, where he became a student of Antoine-Jean Gros. While there, shortly after the Battle of Paris, his talent was noticed by King Friedrich Wilhelm III, who bought one of his works and became his patron. He remained in Paris until 1821. His first works dealt exclusively with Christian themes.
Artist: Weger
Date:
Size 12 x 16 cms
Price £28.00
Ref:2198
married on 20 May 1753 to Frederick, Count of Solms-Baruth.
Artist: Sysang
Date:
Size 17 x 29 cms
Price £28.00
Ref:2531
Francis Louis of Palatinate-Neuburg (Franz Ludwig von Pfalz-Neuburg; 18 July 1664 – 6 April 1732) was bishop and archbishop of several dioceses, prince-elector of the Holy Roman Empire, and Hochmeister of the Teutonic Order.
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Size 9 x 15 cms
Price £14.00
Ref:1501
German philosopher, theologian, poet, and literary critic. He is associated with the Enlightenment, Sturm und Drang, and Weimar Classicism.
Size 9 x 8 cms
Price £14.00
Ref:1100
Damian Hugo Philipp von Schönborn was Prince-Bishop of Speyer, Bishop of Konstanz and a cardinal.
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Size 9 x 14 cms
Price £14.00
Ref:703
Maximilian III Joseph, also known by his epithet “the much beloved” was a Prince-elector of the Holy Roman Empire and Duke of Bavaria from 1745 to 1777. He was the last of the Bavarian branch of the House of Wittelsbach and because of his death, the War of Bavarian Succession broke out
Artist: Sysang
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Size 9.5 x 12.5 cms
Price £14.00
Ref:765
Frederick of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderbourg-Wiesenbourg was the 2nd Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Wiesenburg and an Imperial Field Marshal.
Size 9 x 15 cms
Price £14.00
Ref:715
Ernest Louis of Hesse-Darmstadt was Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt from 1678 to 1739. His parents were Landgrave Louis VI of Hesse-Darmstadt and Elisabeth Dorothea of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg. Ernest Louis’s desire to emulate the French court under Louis XIV ran his country into debt.
Date:1667
Size 10 x 14.5 cms
Price £28.00
Ref:403
Maximilian I, occasionally called “the Great”, a member of the House of Wittelsbach, ruled as Duke of Bavaria from 1597. His reign was marked by the Thirty Years’ War during which he obtained the title of a Prince-elector of the Holy Roman Empire at the 1623 Diet of Regensburg.
Size 17 x 27 cms
Price £28.00
Ref:2574