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Crusades

CRUSADES

French Revolution 1789

FRENCH REVOLUTION 1789

Napoleon Bonaparte

NAPOLEON BONAPARTE

4,327 photos
Count Palatine Friedrich II (1482-1556),               
regent in the Netherlands for Karl V, Imperial         
General during the Turkish siege of Vienna in          
1529, converted to Protestantism in 1546.              
Canvas, 195 x 95 cm - Inv. 8177
#26010114

Count Palatine Friedrich II (1482-1556), regent in the Netherland...

King Gustav Adolf Wasa of Sweden (1594-1632), leader of
the European Protestants, who died in the battle
of Luetzen against the catholic forces under General
Wallenstein, Duke of Friedland.
#26010122

King Gustav Adolf Wasa of Sweden (1594-1632), leader of the European Protestants...

Maria Leopoldine (1632-1649), Archduchess and Empress, 
second wife of Emperor Ferdinand III, died in child-   
birth aged 17.                                         
Canvas, 203 x 137 cm                                   
Inv. 7148
#26010123

Maria Leopoldine (1632-1649), Archduchess and Empress, second wife of Emperor F...

Eleonora Gonzaga (1598-1655), wife of Emperor          
Ferdinand III                                          
Canvas, 207 x 108 cm                                   
Inv. 1734
#26010125

Eleonora Gonzaga (1598-1655), wife of Emperor Ferdinand III...

Eleonora Gonzaga (1598-1655), wife of Emperor          
Ferdinand III, in her wedding dress. White brocade,    
metal threads, design of small golden branches,        
ruffs of Venetian lace.                                
Canvas, 188 x 125 cm - Inv. 7146
#26010126

Eleonora Gonzaga (1598-1655), wife of Emperor Ferdinand III, in her we...

King Sigismund III of Poland (1566-1632), son of
Johann III of Sweden. He inherited both kingdoms.
Canvas
124 x 92 cm
Inv. 3302
#26010129

King Sigismund III of Poland (1566-1632), son of Johann III of Sweden. He inher...

Emperor Rudolf II (1552-1612) lived mainly in Prague.  
He was a great collector of Renaissance and Mannerism  
paintings and bought works by his favourite painters   
Duerer, Brueghel, Titian, Correggio and Parmigianino.  
Canvas,  51 x 42 cm - Inv. 1578
#26010130

Emperor Rudolf II (1552-1612) lived mainly in Prague. He was a great collector...

Albrecht Wallenstein (1583-1634), Duke of Friedland,   
Imperial Fieldmarshal during the Thirty Years War,     
murdered by his own officers 1634 in Eger, Bohemia.    
Painting after Anthony van Dyck.                       
Canvas
#26010131

Albrecht Wallenstein (1583-1634), Duke of Friedland, Imperial Fieldmarshal du...

Albrecht Wallenstein (1583-1634), Duke of Friedland,   
Imperial Fieldmarshal during the Thirty Years War,     
murdered by his own officers in Eger, Bohemia.         
Oil on canvas
#26010132

Albrecht Wallenstein (1583-1634), Duke of Friedland, Imperial Fieldmarshal du...

Count Rudolf Colloredo-Waldsee, Imperial Fieldmarshal  
during the Thirty Years War. During the Emperor's      
conflict with Wallenstein he remained loyal to the     
Emperor and was granted permission to carry the        
Imperial Eagle on his arms.
#26010133

Count Rudolf Colloredo-Waldsee, Imperial Fieldmarshal during the Thirty Years...

Count Adam Erdmann Trcka, Imperial Fieldmarshal,       
brother-in-law of Wallenstein. He was assassinated     
together with Wallenstein in 1634 in Eger, Bohemia.    
Oil on canvas
#26010134

Count Adam Erdmann Trcka, Imperial Fieldmarshal, brother-in-law of Wallen...

Fieldmarshal Octavio Piccolomini, Commander of the     
Imperial troops during the Thirty Years War.           
Oil on canvas (1641)
#26010135

Fieldmarshal Octavio Piccolomini, Commander of the Imperial troops during t...