Elisabetta Visconti, also known as Elisabeth or Elizabeth, was a younger child of Bernabò Visconti and his wife, Beatrice Regina della Scala. Elisabetta was a member of the House of Visconti. wife of Ernst, duke of Bavaria
Size 18 x 26 cms
Price £28.00
Ref:1783
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
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
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Size 9 x 13 cms
Price £28.00
Ref:2137
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
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Size 9.5 x 15 cms
Price £28.00
Ref:2527
Leopold II was Grand Duke of Tuscany from 1824 to 1859. He married twice; firstly Maria Anna of Saxony, and after her death in 1832 Maria Antonia of the Two-Sicilies. By the latter, he had a son, Ferdinand, who later succeeded him.
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Size 24 x 19.5 cms
Price £28.00
Ref:660
Italian priest & writer
Subject gender: Male
Artist: Francois
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Size 14 x 19 cms
Price £28.00
Ref:1473
Ferrante II Gonzaga was count and, from 1621, duke of Guastalla. He was the son of Cesare I Gonzaga, count of Guastalla and duke of Amalfi, and Donna Camilla Borromeo. He succeeded his father in 1575. On 2 July 1621, the County of Guastalla was elevated to a duchy and Ferrante was subsequently deemed a duke.
Size 12.5 x 17 cms
Price £28.00
Ref:1789
Angelica Catalani was an Italian opera singer, the daughter of a tradesman. Her greatest gift was her voice, a soprano of nearly three octaves in range. Its unsurpassed power and flexibility made her one of the greatest bravura singers of all times. She also worked as a singing teacher.:
Size 7 x 9 cms
Price £14.00
Ref:341
Pope Innocent X, born Giovanni Battista Pamphilj, was head of the Catholic Church and ruler of the Papal States from 15 September 1644 to his death, in January 1655.
Size 9 x 13 cms
Price £14.00
Ref:2149
Belgiojoso was born to Carlo Barbiano di Belgiojoso and Caterina Visconti. His military career began at an early age under the condottiero Gian Giacomo Trivulzio. He fought at the battle of Ravenna (1512) and the battle of Marignano (1515). Afterwards he moved to France, where he became a chamberlain to Francis I and castellan of Rouvres. In 1521, Belgiojoso fought in the French invasion of Navarre as part of the Italian contingent under Teodoro Trivulzio. In 1522, he took part in the French invasion of Italy.
Artist: Cesare Laurentio
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Size 19 x 28 cms
Price £28.00
Ref:2553