Tag Archives: Italian

Enrico Cialdini, Duca di Gaeta 1811-1892 General

Enrico Cialdini, Duke of Gaeta (Castelvetro di Modena, 8 August 1811 – Livorno, 8 September 1892), was an Italian nobleman, general, diplomat and politician. He was one of the most important military figures of the Piedmontese army and later of the Italian Royal Army, in particular during the Piedmontese campaign in central Italy of 1860, the siege of Gaeta, the repression of the post-unification Italian Brigandage and the Third Italian War of Independence
Size 17 x 22 cms
Price £28.00

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Victor Amadeus II, Duke of Saxony 1666-1732

Victor Amadeus II, (born May 14, 1666, Turin, Savoy —died Oct. 31, 1732, Moncalieri, near Turin), duke of Savoy who through his diplomacy became the first king of Sardinia-Piedmont and thus established the foundation for the future Italian national state.
Size 13.8 x 19.6 cms
Price £28.00

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Matthias Gallas Count of Campo, Duke of Lucera 1588-1647

Italian professional soldier during the Thirty Years’ War. He distinguished himself in the first half of the war in service of the Catholic League, in the War of the Mantuan Succession, and as one of Albrecht von Wallenstein’s Generals
Artist: Balthasar Moncornet. (circa 1600-1668)
Date:1650
Size 11.5 x 16.5 cms
Price £28.00

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Fra Gregorio Carafa 1615-1690

Fra Gregorio Carafa was a nobleman from the House of Carafa and the 61st Grand Master of the Order of Saint John, from 1680 to his death in 1690.
Size 14 x 17 cms
Price £28.00

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Pierfrancesco Barbiano 1489-1546

Captain of the Spanish army; Governor of Lodi, Governor of Cremona in 1536; Decurion of Milan; Senator and Councilor of Genoa

Son of Carlo Barbiano and Caterina Visconti
Husband of Paola da Barbiano
Father of Francesco Barbiano, count of Belgioioso; Ludovico Barbiano; Carlo Barbiano; Livia Sanvitale, from Belgioioso; Ippolita Visconti, countess of the S.R.I. and 1 other
Brother of Antonia Fiorbellina Barbiano; Lucrezia Barbiano; Barbara Margherita Barbiano and Ludovico da Barbiano
Artist: J.B.Bonacina
Size 18 x 26 cms
Price £28.00

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Francesco Pignatelli 1652-1734

Born at Senise, in the province of Potenza, he entered the order of Theatines in 1665 (age 13). On September 27, 1684, after being nominated by King Charles II of Spain, he was elected archbishop of Taranto. He was recruited by Pope Clement XI to be nuncio to Poland, where he attempted to work on the schism between Catholics and Ruthenians (Ukrainians and Polish). On 19 February 1703 he was transferred to the metropolitan see of Naples and occupied it until his
Date:
Size 9 x 15 cms
Price £14.00

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Peter Leopold Graf Spannocchi 1788-1867

Imperial General of the Cavalry, born in Florence in 1788, died in Vienna 1867. Appointed an ensign in Mittrovsky’s infantry on 1803, he was promoted to sublieutenant in Fürst Auersperg’s infantry 1805. Fought in Germany and, as a first lieutenant in the Stipsicz Huszars, took part in the battle of Caldiero and in the retreat battles at Tagliamento and Isonzo. and in the war of 1809.
Artist: Katzler
Date:
Size 21 x 27 cms
Price £28.00

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