Antique Catholic

Georg Braun (1541-1622) was German Catholic cleric who was born and who died in Cologne, Germany.

Though a strong religious image well understood by any Italian or Roman Catholic of the period the drawing simply shows the portrait of an elder statesman and leader up close with po...

Georg Braun (1541-1622) was German Catholic cleric who was born and who died in Cologne, Germany.

Under the Act of Settlement 1701, which excluded all Catholics, she was succeeded by her second cousin George I of the House of Hanover.

The fact that Louis XIII's father Henry IV had been assassinated by a fanatical Roman Catholic, and Louis was only nine years old when he succeeded to the throne, already gives some ...

Georg Braun (1541-1622) was German Catholic cleric who was born and who died in Cologne, Germany.

The ‘cathedra’ was originally associated with the Catholic Church where it was reserved as the seat of the Bishop and placed against the wall of the apse of the church.

A beautiful wooden frame included, cm 25.4 x 1 x 29.3 This old master's original print with a lifetime impression and with a full mastery of this artistic medium, tells the story of...

In 1959 at the age of 72, Catholic Church baptized Foujita at the Cathédrale Notre-Dame de Reims and christened Léonard.

Georg Braun (1541-1622) was German Catholic cleric who was born and who died in Cologne, Germany.

Intended for the Roman Catholic priesthood, he was sent to Ushaw College, from which he absconded.

They adhered to strict Catholic orthodoxy after their abjuration. Bartolomeo Panciatichi developed fairly close contacts with the literary world, not limited to Florence, as evidenc...

Long after her death, Marie Antoinette remains a major historical figure linked with conservative and the Catholic Church positions; and a major cultural icon associated with high gl...

., 'The Gillows and their work in Georgian Lancaster' in Catholic Englishmen, ed. J.A. Hilton, 1984. Simon Jervis, Victorian Furniture, 1968

He also publicly defended the Romanian Jews and spoke up in defence of the Irish Catholics against Britain, supporting William O’Brien, one of the leaders of the Irish revolt.

This piece is most likely made in New Mexico or the California region where the Catholic missions existed from the 17th to the early 19th century as hold outs of Spanish ideals.

Like other family members, Bega was probably Catholic. Houbraken's claim that Bega studied with Adriaen van Ostade is likely to be correct; this was probably before 24 April 1653, wh...

It was used by Nordic tribes, and even early Christians used the Swastika as one of their symbols, including the Teutonic Knights, a German medieval military order, which became a pu...

His mother, Marie Durand, assisted her husband in the family business and designed hats. A devout Catholic, Tissot's mother instilled pious devotion in the future artist from a very ...

As his painting developed, his more important works evolved towards the polished style that suited the bourgeois and aristocratic tastes of the time, demonstrated especially in his R...

Although they were ordered to come immediately to court to explain their actions, to all appearances things were smoothed over, and neither Southampton nor his father-in-law was puni...

Provenance: From the High Altar of St. Patrick’s Roman Catholic Cathedral, Armagh, Northern Ireland.