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Crusades

CRUSADES

French Revolution 1789

FRENCH REVOLUTION 1789

Napoleon Bonaparte

NAPOLEON BONAPARTE

4,327 photos
Society ball,1819                                      
Lithograph by Ch.E.P.Motte after Hyppolite Lecomte.
#25010720

Society ball,1819 Lithograph by Ch.E.P.Mot...

Emperor Friedrich III (1415-1493). Official portrait   
with crown, sceptre and sword. The Emperor wears a     
chain of vases with handles and a griffin, the insignia
of the Aragonese Order of the Jug.                     
Wood, 78,5 x 51,5 cm, Inv. 4398
#260101 1

Emperor Friedrich III (1415-1493). Official portrait with crown, sceptre and...

Eleanor of Portugal (1434-1467), wife of Emperor       
Friedrich III. The Empress wears the crown of her      
coronation in 1452. On the arm of her chair the arms   
of Austria and Portugal. Dress: Italian velvet with    
pomegranate design. Wood, 79 x 51,1 cm, Inv. 4399
#260101 2

Eleanor of Portugal (1434-1467), wife of Emperor Friedrich III. The Empre...

Engagement portraits of Ladislaus "Postumus" (1440-    
1457) and Magdalena of France. Ladislaus, son of       
King Albrecht II and heir of Austria, Bohemia, and     
Hungary, died before the wedding could take place.     
Wood, 38,5 x 52 cm, Inv. 4394
#260101 3

Engagement portraits of Ladislaus "Postumus" (1440- 1457) and Magdalena of F...

Emperor Maximilian I, son of Friedrich III, with crown,
sceptre, and sword. The Emperor wears a suit of armour 
of around 1500, probably by Lorenz Helmschmied of Augs-
burg, Germany. Through the window: hunting chamois     
Wood, 77 x 45,5 cm, Inv. 2599
#260101 4

Emperor Maximilian I, son of Friedrich III, with crown, sceptre, and sword. The...

Marie de Bourgogne, (1457-1482), first wife of Emperor 
Maximilian I. Daughter of Duke Charles le Temeraire    
of Burgundy; mother of Philip the Fair of Castile and  
Margarete of Austria. Dress: green Italian damask with 
pomegranate design. Wood, 75,5 x 54.5 cm, Inv. 4400
#260101 5

Marie de Bourgogne, (1457-1482), first wife of Emperor Maximilian I. Daughter o...

Bianca Maria Sforza (1472-1510), second wife of Emperor
Maximilian I. Bianca Maria was the ward of her uncle   
Ludovico il Moro of Milan.                             
Wood, 76 x 43.5 cm                                     
Inv. 4404
#260101 6

Bianca Maria Sforza (1472-1510), second wife of Emperor Maximilian I. Bianca Mar...

Philipp der Schoene, (1478-1506),King of Spain,aged 16,
The son of Emperor Maximilian I and Marie de Bourgogne 
married Juana of Castile and became King of Castile    
after his brother-in-law's death. He wears the order of
the Golden Fleece. Wood, 36 x 22 cm, Inv. 4446
#260101 7

Philipp der Schoene, (1478-1506),King of Spain,aged 16, The son of Emperor Maxim...

Philipp der Schoene (1478-1506), son of Maximilian I   
and Marie de Bourgogne, married Juana of Castile       
to become King after his brother-in-law's death.       
Philip wears the Order of the Golden Fleece.           
Wood, 36.5 x 27 cm, Inv. 4449
#260101 8

Philipp der Schoene (1478-1506), son of Maximilian I and Marie de Bourgogne,...

Margarete of Austria, Governor of the Netherlands      
(1480-1530), daughter of Emperor Maximilian. After     
a brief marriage to Juan of Spain and a second to      
Philibert of Savoy, Margarete governed the troubled    
Netherlands for her father. Wood, 27.5x 14 cm, Inv.4447
#260101 9

Margarete of Austria, Governor of the Netherlands (1480-1530), daughter of...

Charles VIII of France (1470-1498), King 1483,         
after the death of his father, Louis XI.               
Married to Anne de Bretagne.                           
16th century copy from a lost original.                
Wood, 49.5 x 38 cm, Inv. 4432
#26010111

Charles VIII of France (1470-1498), King 1483, after the death of his f...

Emperor Karl V (1500-1558), in whose realm,            
stretching from Eastern Europe to Latin America,       
'the sun never set'.Contemporary copy after Titian.    
Canvas, 110 x 91 cm                                    
Inv. 8060
#26010113

Emperor Karl V (1500-1558), in whose realm, stretching from Eastern...