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
Ref:1747
Ferdinand III was Grand Duke of Tuscany from 1790 to 1801 and, after a period of disenfranchisement, again from 1814 to 1824. He was also the Prince-elector and Grand Duke of Salzburg and Grand Duke of Würzburg.
Date:1788
Size 7.5 x 12 cms
Price £14.00
Ref:388
Italian Renaissance humanist, Civil Servant and writer. Born in Pesaro and educated in Padua, Collenuccio first served the Sforza rulers of Pesaro, but was dismissed when Giovanni Sforza succeeded in 1483.
Size 15 x 19 cms
Price £28.00
Ref:852
Born, in Mantua to Antonio Collalto and Giulia Torelli daughter of Marcantonio and Ippolita Gonzaga. His family, residing in the castle of San Salvatore in Susegana, was the most prestigious in the Treviso area, but for some time its noble privileges had been reduced by the government of the Serenissima. In 1595, for example, the right of mere and mixed empire was suppressed, while the Montello possessions were confiscated. Contrary to his relatives, such as his father and brothers Massimiliano II and Vincinguerra IV, Collalto reacted to these acts by refusing any military employment under the insignia of San Marco.
Size 15 x 24 cms
Price £28.00
Ref:2175
Odoardo Farnese, also known as Odoardo I Farnese to distinguish him from his grandson Odoardo II Farnese, was Duke of Parma, Piacenza and Castro from 1622 to 1646.
Date:
Size 17 x 28 cms
Price £28.00
Ref:2586
Camillo Paolo Filippo Giulio Benso, Count of Cavour, Isolabella and Leri, generally known as Cavour, was an Italian politician, businessman, economist and noble, and a leading figure in the movement towards Italian unification
Artist: A.Weger
Date:
Size 16 x 22 cms
Price £14.00
Ref:2931
Victor Amadeus II was the head of the House of Savoy and ruler of the Savoyard states from 12 June 1675 until his abdication in 1730. He was the first of his house to acquire a royal crown, ruling first as King of Sicily and then as King of Sardinia.
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Date:1726
Size 9 x 13 cms
Price £14.00
Ref:688
Girolamo Carafa (or Caraffa), Marquis of Montenegro (Abruzzo, 1564 – Genoa, 1633) was a general in Spanish and Imperial service from Italian descent. Girolamo was born in the noble Neapolitan Carafa family. His parents were Rainaldo Carafa and Portia Carracciola, daughter of the Duke of Sicignano.
Size 11 x 16.5 cms
Price £28.00
Ref:863
Roman Catholic cardinal and antiquarian
Artist: M.B.
Date:1737
Size 8 x 15 cms
Price £14.00
Ref:2187
Antonii Merendae lawyer from Florence
Artist: Frans Pilsen
Date:1655
Size 20 x 31 cms
Price £28.00
Ref:2726