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A selection of stock we have recently added to our website.
A selection of stock we have recently added to our website.
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Joh. Henr. Biehler, Joh. Georg. II et Joh. Georg. III. Electorum Sax. Cubicular. in Dresden. Nat. ueising in Wurtenb. 5 Febr. 1633 Denat. 7 Mart. 1698.
D. Richter pinx.
Pet. Schenck fec: et exc: Amstelod: cum Privilegio. [n.d., c.1700.]
Scarce mezzotint. 265 x 180mm (10½ x 7"). Slight crease. Small margins.
Johann Heinrich Biehler (1633-98), Jeweler and cubicular (i.e. 'Groom of the Stool') to the elector of Saxony, Johann Georg II and his son Johann Georg III.
[Ref: 53349] £380.00
D. Richter pinx.
Pet. Schenck fec: et exc: Amstelod: cum Privilegio. [n.d., c.1700.]
Scarce mezzotint. 265 x 180mm (10½ x 7"). Slight crease. Small margins.
Johann Heinrich Biehler (1633-98), Jeweler and cubicular (i.e. 'Groom of the Stool') to the elector of Saxony, Johann Georg II and his son Johann Georg III.
[Ref: 53349] £380.00
The most Serene Prince Eugene of Savoy, Knight of the Order of the Golden Fleece Privy Councellour to his Imperial Majesty President of the Council of War, and Generalissimo of all his forces in Italy &c.
D Rickter pinx. I Smith fec.
Sold by I. Smith at y.e Lyon & Crown in Russel Street Covent Garden. [n.d. c.1706]
Mezzotint, sheet 350 x 250mm (13¾ x 10"). Trimmed to plate and laid on album paper at edges.
Almost half-length portrait of Prince Eugene of Savoy (1663-1736), to the right, looking to front over his shoulder, wearing long, curled, flowing wig and embroidered robe over armour, clouds behind. Prince Eugene was one of the most celebrated military commanders of the 17th and 18th centuries, serving as feldmarschall of the Holy Roman Empire and the Austrian Habsburgs, and later rising to the highest offices of state in Vienna under three emperors. Born in Paris and originally intended for the priesthood, he instead pursued a military career; refused a commission by Louis XIV, he left France and entered the service of Emperor Leopold I, his enemy.
CS 85 II of II. Ex: Collection of the Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 68749] £320.00
D Rickter pinx. I Smith fec.
Sold by I. Smith at y.e Lyon & Crown in Russel Street Covent Garden. [n.d. c.1706]
Mezzotint, sheet 350 x 250mm (13¾ x 10"). Trimmed to plate and laid on album paper at edges.
Almost half-length portrait of Prince Eugene of Savoy (1663-1736), to the right, looking to front over his shoulder, wearing long, curled, flowing wig and embroidered robe over armour, clouds behind. Prince Eugene was one of the most celebrated military commanders of the 17th and 18th centuries, serving as feldmarschall of the Holy Roman Empire and the Austrian Habsburgs, and later rising to the highest offices of state in Vienna under three emperors. Born in Paris and originally intended for the priesthood, he instead pursued a military career; refused a commission by Louis XIV, he left France and entered the service of Emperor Leopold I, his enemy.
CS 85 II of II. Ex: Collection of the Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 68749] £320.00