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
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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
Italian jurist
Artist: Nargeol
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Size 14 x 19 cms
Price £28.00
Ref:1446
Alfonso II d’Este was Duke of Ferrara from 1559 to 1597. He was a member of the House of Este.
Size 18 x 28.5 cms
Price £28.00
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Maria Teresa (Queen of Sardinia, Consort of Vittorio Emanuele I, King of Sardinia, Daughter of Ferdinando, Archduke of Austria, Duke of Modena) 1815
Artist: After Gaetano Comandu.
Date:1815
Size 16 x 20.5 cms
Price £28.00
Ref:218
Cosimo III de’ Medici was Grand Duke of Tuscany from 1670 until his death in 1723, the sixth and penultimate from the House of Medici. He reigned from 1670 to 1723, and was the elder son of Grand Duke Ferdinando II.
Size 16 x 24 cms
Price £28.00
Ref:2169
Pope Benedict XIII, born Pietro Francesco Orsini and later called Vincenzo Maria Orsini, was head of the Catholic Church and ruler of the Papal States from 29 May 1724 to his death in February 1730. A Dominican friar, Orsini focused on his religious responsibilities as bishop rather than on papal administration.
Size 10 x 15 cms
Price £28.00
Ref:2581
Quirini’s writings include many works on the history of the Church, of Corfu, and of Brescia, as well as a five-volume edition of the correspondence of Cardinal Reginald Pole. In Brescia, he founded in 1745 the Biblioteca Queriniana, which still exists today, and he sponsored the German missions. He also financed the completion of the St. Hedwig Church in Berlin, which is today the cathedral of the archbishopric of Berlin.
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Size 10 x 15 cms
Price £18.00
Ref:183
Pope Clement XII, born Lorenzo Corsini, was head of the Catholic Church and ruler of the Papal States from 12 July 1730 to his death in February 1740. Clement presided over the growth of a surplus in the papal finances. Wikipedia
Born: 7 April 1652, Florence, Italy
Died: 6 February 1740 (age 87 years), Rome, Italy
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Date:1730
Size 9 x 14 cms
Price £14.00
Ref:699