Antique Portrait of Charles Alexandre De Lorraine, circa 1760

Antique print titled 'Leopoldus I.D.G. (..)'. Portrait of Léopold Joseph, Duke of Lorraine. This print originates from 'Theatrum Europaeum'. Artists and Engravers: Engraved by Pe...

This image is an engraved portrait of Mr. Rapin de Thoyras, created for Harrington's edition of "Rapin's History of England." The individual in the portrait is Paul de Rapin, Lord ...

Antique print titled 'Charles Philippe de France, Monsieur Frere du Roi (..)'. Portrait of Charles X, King of France from 16 September 1824 until 2 August 1830. Source unknown, to be...

Antique print titled 'Henricus d'Orleans Dux de Longeville'. Portrait of Henri II d'Orléans, Duke of Longueville. Bust length with curled hair, moustache, beard, lace collar, embroid...

A circa 1725 oil on canvas portrait of Louis George Simpert, as Hereditary Prince, the future Margrave of Baden-Baden (Deutsch: Ludwig Georg Simpert, Markgraf von Baden-Baden) portrayed one-quarter length in powdered wig and wearing ceremonial armor and crimson sash newly fitted in a period molded giltwood frame with bead-and-reel inner border from the Eli Wilner collection. Canvas measures 24.5" x 19.25". A related, but later portrait of circa 1735, attributed to the same unknown painter, is held in the collection of Lichtenthal Abbey, Baden-Baden. Biography: Louis George or Ludwig Georg Simpert, Margrave of Baden-Baden, born June 7, 1702 at Ettlingen Palace was the son of Louis William, Margrave of Baden-Baden and his wife, Princess Sibylle of Saxe-Lauenburg. Hereditary Prince of Baden-Baden from birth, at the death of his father in 1707, he succeeded as Margrave of Baden-Baden at the age of four. As such, his mother was regent of Baden-Baden until he reached his majority on 22 October 1727 at the age of 25. He married Maria Anna of Schwarzenberg April 8, 1721 at Český Krumlov Castle. The couple were the parents of four children, of whom only one survived infancy. After the death of the first Maria Anna in 1755, he married the Princess Maria Anna Josepha of Bavaria on July 10, 1755; the daughter of Charles VII, Holy Roman Emperor and his Austrian wife Archduchess Maria Amalia. The second marriage remained childless. Due to his passion for hunting instead of military service, he became known as "Jägerlouis", "hunter Louis", a play on his father's nickname of Türkenlouis ("Turk Louis") due to his famous heroics against the Turkish army at the Siege of Vienna...

Beautiful oil painting on canvas depicting a gentleman belonging to the ancient chivalric order of Saints Maurice and Lazarus, founded in 1572 by the House of Savoy. The protagonist ...

Samuel Bernard, Chevalier de l'ordre de Saint Michel, comte de Coubert Portrait of Samuel Bernard, Counselor of State by Pierre Imbert Drevet.  1729

Splendid oil portrait on canvas of Count Bailiff Ludovico Caprara (1731-1812), as indicated by the writing inside the "tabula ansata," at the bottom of the frame of the painting. The...