Alexander Farnesius Parmae et Placentiae Dux, Gubern. et Capitan. Generalis Region Belgicar.
Hieronymus Wierix Sculp. [n.d. c.1592; but later.] Engraving. Plate 77 x 57mm. 3 x 2¼". Glued onto backing. Portrait of Alessandro Farnese, Duke of Parma (1545-92) was the Duke of Parma and Piacenza from 1586 to 1592, and Governor of the Spanish Netherlands from 1578 and 1592. Ex Collection: R. Hobson of Hove.
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Henricus III D. G. Francorum et Eoniae Rex MDLXXXVI.
Hieronymus Wierix sculp. [Antwerp, n.d., c.1586.] Engraving. Sheet 60 x 80mm (2½ x 3¼"). Trimmed to plate. Henri III (1551-89), son of Henri II and Catherine de' Medici, king of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth 1573-5 and king of France from 1574 until his death. His childless marriage sparked the last of the French Wars of Religion. He was assassinated by Dominican monk Jacques Clément. The engraver, Hieronymus Wierix (1553-1619) was a child prodigy, becoming a master aged 19.
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