Artist: Petrus Angelus
Size 30 x 20 cms
Price £28.00
Ref: 3486
Tag Archives: Italian
Pope Urban VIII Urbanus 1568-1644
Pope Urban VIII was head of the Catholic Church and ruler of the Papal States from 6 August 1623 to his death in 1644. He expanded the papal territory by force of arms and advantageous politicking, and was also a prominent patron of the arts and a reformer of Church missions
Size 7 x 11 cms
Price £14.00
Ref:2686
Francesco de’ Medici, 1541-1587, Grand duke of Tuscany
Francesco I was the second Grand Duke of Tuscany, ruling from 1574 until his death in 1587. He was a member of the House of Medici.
Size 16 x 28 cms
Price £28.00
Ref:1989
Stefano Zannowich, 1751–1786,
Prince d’Albanie, adventurer from Budva who gained considerable notoriety for posing as royalty.
Artist: R.Brichet
Date:1770
Size 16 x 20.5 cms
Price £28.00
Ref:173
Vincentius Gonzaga, 4th Duke of Mantua, 1551-1612
Ruler of the Duchy of Mantua and Montferrat from 1587 to 1612. He was married to Eleonora di Medici in 1584 and his daughter, Eleonore Gonzaga, married Ferdinand II, Holy Roman Emperor.
Size 16 x 28 cms
Price £28.00
Ref:2073
Victor Amadeus I Duke of Savoy 1587-1637
Victor Amadeus I was the Duke of Savoy and ruler of the Savoyard states from 26 July 1630 until his death in 1637. He was also known as the Lion of Susa. He was succeeded by two of his sons; Francis Hyacinth and Charles Emmanuel II. His male-only line became extinct in 1831 with the death of Charles Felix.
Artist: Leeuw
Date:
Size 8 x 15 cms
Price £14.00
Ref:2506
Lorenzo Isimbardi
Lorenzo (formerly Laurengo) Isimbardi, a native of Pavia, appointed ambassador to Amedeo of Savoy in 1440, later to Martin V and finally to the king of France.
Artist: Giovanni Battista Bonacina
Date:
Size 17 x 23 cms
Price £28.00
Ref:1967
Domenico Antonio Thun 1686 – 1758
Prince Bishop of Trento. Domenico Antonio was accused of having a greater dedication to the enjoyment of life and revelry than to the spiritual and temporal government of the principality. He was in fact guilty of being a “frequent frequenter of taverns, not averse to excessive familiarity with persons of the opposite sex, a lover of profane discourses and libertine songs, a devoted guest of the Venice carnival, where he went with his court of revealers and freeloaders”
Size 9 x 15 cms
Price £14.00
Ref:175
Octavio Piccolomini. 1599-1656
Ottavio Piccolomini was an Italian nobleman whose military career included service as a Spanish general and then as a field marshal of the Holy Roman Empire
Artist: Sysang
Date:
Size 9 x 13 cms
Price £28.00
Ref:2137
Charles Emmanuel III of Sardinia 1701-1773
Charles Emmanuel III was Duke of Savoy, King of Sardinia and ruler of the Savoyard states from 3 September 1730 until his death in 1773. He was the paternal grandfather of the last three mainline Kings of Sardinia.
Artist: Sysang
Date:
Size 9.5 x 15 cms
Price £28.00
Ref:2527