Catherine de’ Medici; 13 April 1519 – 5 January 1589) was an Italian Florentine noblewoman of the Medici family and Queen of France from 1547 to 1559 by marriage to King Henry II.
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Size 15 x 21 cms
Price £28.00
Ref:1630
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Guglielmo Gonzaga Duke of Mantua 1538-1587
Duke of Mantua from 1550 to 1587, and of Montferrat from 1574 to 1587. He was the second son of Federico II Gonzaga, Duke of Mantua and Margaret Palaeologina of Montferrat. In 1574, Montferrat was elevated to a Duchy and Guglielmo became its first duke. He was succeeded as Duke of both duchies by his son Vincenzo.
Size 16 x 27 cms
Price £28.00
Ref:1981
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
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Size 8 x 15 cms
Price £14.00
Ref:2506
Vincenzo Petra. S.R.E. Prebyter Cardinalis Neapol
Vincentius Petra, Archbishop of Naples, Dama, Charles, S.R.E., Deacon Cardinal of Marin, 29 May 1785,
Price £14.00
Ref:700
Ramboldo XIII, Count of Collalto 1575-1630
After being Imperial envoy in Rome and Madrid, he fought in 1623 under Johann Tserclaes, Count of Tilly on the Rhine and Main and became in 1624 head of the Imperial War Council in Vienna. Made a Field Marshal, he received supreme command of the campaign in Northern Italy against Charles Gonzaga of Nevers during the War of Mantuan Succession. Already very sick, he was not present at the siege and sack of Mantua on 18 July 1630.
Charged of conspiring with Venice, he traveled to Vienna to defend himself, but died on the way in Chur, on 19 November 1630.
Price £28.00
Ref:2633
Elisabetta Visconti 1374-1432
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
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
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Size 9 x 13 cms
Price £28.00
Ref:2137