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Crusades

CRUSADES

French Revolution 1789

FRENCH REVOLUTION 1789

Napoleon Bonaparte

NAPOLEON BONAPARTE

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The Crimean War: Battle of the Alma,September 20,1854. 
Canvas
#26030967

The Crimean War: Battle of the Alma,September 20,1854. Canvas

The Congress of Paris ending the Crimean War,          
February 25,1856. Seated,left:Tsar Alexander II.                                     
Canvas
#26030968

The Congress of Paris ending the Crimean War, February 25,1856. Seate...

Sultan Bajezid I. "Yldirim" (Lightening), reigned      
1389-1402; conquered Serbia 1354; beat a Crusaders     
Army 1396 at Nicolpolis.                               
Wood; Unknown painter
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Sultan Bajezid I. "Yldirim" (Lightening), reigned 1389-1402; conquered Ser...

Sultan Mehmet II Fahti, "The Conqueror" (1451-1481),   
the Sultan of the Conquest of Constantinople (1453).   
Bellini was court painter in Constantinople in 1479    
and painted the portrait in the year before Mehmet's   
death.Oil on canvas, 69,9 x 52,1 cm   NG 3099
#260401 2

Sultan Mehmet II Fahti, "The Conqueror" (1451-1481), the Sultan of the Conque...

Suleyman II, the Great (1494-1566), conquered Algiers  
1519/20), Belgrade (1521), Rhodos (1522), Baghdad      
(1534), Tripolitania (1551) and Transylvania (1562).   
His bid for Vienna failed in 1529. Suleiman II died    
during a Hungarian campaign.      Inv.156
#260401 4

Suleyman II, the Great (1494-1566), conquered Algiers 1519/20), Belgrade (1521...

Raimund Count Montecuccoli (1609-1680), Colonel during
the Thirty Years War; in the Turkish Wars victory at
St. Gotthard-Mogersdorf, 1664; President of the
Imperial War Council. Theoretician of warfare, reformer
of the Imperial Army, teacher of Prince Eugene of Savoy
#260401 7

Raimund Count Montecuccoli (1609-1680), Colonel during the Thirty Years War; in...

Kara Mustapha Pasha (1634-1683) Turkish Grand Vizier,  
Admiral of the Turkish fleet, member of the Sultans    
council. When his siege of Vienna in 1683 failed, he   
was executed by order of the Sultan.                   
Oil on canvas, 75 x 49 cm
#26040111

Kara Mustapha Pasha (1634-1683) Turkish Grand Vizier, Admiral of the Turkish f...

Jan Sobieski III, King of Poland (1629-1696),Crown-    
marshal, General, Polish King 1674. Persuaded by Pope  
Innocent III., Sobieski joined Emperor Leopold I. in   
his war against the Turks. His troops were instrumental
in lifting the siege of Vienna 1683. Oil, 245x152 cm
#26040112

Jan Sobieski III, King of Poland (1629-1696),Crown- marshal, General, Polish...

Baron Kuefstein, Imperial Ambassador at the Sultan's   
Court, leaves for his post by boat down the Danube     
river; July 20 1628
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Baron Kuefstein, Imperial Ambassador at the Sultan's Court, leaves for his po...

Prince Eugene of Savoy during the battle of Belgrade,
1717. In the center the Prince accompanied by two high-
ranking officers, riding over the bodies of fallen
Turks. In the background the fortress of Belgrade.
Oil on canvas, 420 x 148 cm
#26040122

Prince Eugene of Savoy during the battle of Belgrade, 1717. In the center the Pr...

Tapestry showing the relief of Vienna,                 
September 12, 1683. Detail.                            
Wool and silk, 430 x 805 cm. Factory of Nancy,         
first quarter 18th. From the estate of Emperor         
Franz Stephan of Lorraine.
#26040123

Tapestry showing the relief of Vienna, September 12, 1683. Deta...

Tapestry showing Charles, Duke of Lorraine during the  
battle of Bratislava against the Turks, July 29 1683,  prior to
the siege of Vienna. Wool and silk, 430 x 805 cm
Factory of Nancy, first quarter 18th. From the estate  
of Emperor Franz Stephan.
#26040125

Tapestry showing Charles, Duke of Lorraine during the battle of Bratislava ag...