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Honore Gabriel de Riqueti, Comte de Mirabeau (1749-1791), joined the Third Estate as member of the Constituant Assembly of 1789. Famous orator.
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Honore Gabriel de Riqueti, Comte de Mirabeau (1749-1791), joined the...

Official portrait of King Louis-Philippe (1773-1850), Duc d'Orleans,son of Duc d'Orleans Philippe Egalite of revolutionary fame who died on the guillotine.
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Official portrait of King Louis-Philippe (1773-1850), Duc d'Orleans,son of Duc...

Princess Mathilde (1820-1904),daughter of Napoleon's brother Jerome,King of Westphalia.Very close to her cousin,Emperor Napoleon III.,she had a famous,literary salon in Paris. Canvas, 1961
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Princess Mathilde (1820-1904),daughter of Napoleon's brother Jerome,King of...

Madame Adelaide d'Orleans (1777-1847),daughter of Philippe Egalite, sister of King Louis-Philippe. Canvas,painted 1842
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Madame Adelaide d'Orleans (1777-1847),daughter of Philippe Egalite, sister...

Anna of Hungary (1503-1547),sister of King Ludwig of Hungary and wife of Emperor Ferdinand I,brother of Emperor Karl V. Wood, 34 x 58 cm,painted 1525.
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Anna of Hungary (1503-1547),sister of King Ludwig of Hungary and wife of E...

Count Adolf Schwarzenberg who recaptured the fortress of Gyoer, Hungary, from the Turks in 1594.
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Count Adolf Schwarzenberg who recaptured the fortress of Gyoer, Hungary, from...

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

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

Ernst Ruediger, Count Starhemberg (1637-1701), Field- marshal and Commander of Vienna during the Turkish siege of 1683. Oil on canvas, 232 x 155 cm
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Ernst Ruediger, Count Starhemberg (1637-1701), Field- marshal and Commander of...

Johann Count Sporck, his 36-kg armour standing in front of his portrait. Sporck was Fieldmarshal and one of the most important generals in the wars against the Turks.
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Johann Count Sporck, his 36-kg armour standing in front of his portrait. Sporck...

Eugene of Savoy, Prince (1663-1736) - Most important general of his era, model for Frederic II and Napoleon. Victorious over Turks at Mohacs (1687), Zenta (1697), and Belgrade (1717), which marked the end of the Turkish conquest in Europe
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Eugene of Savoy, Prince (1663-1736) - Most important general of his era, mod...

Eugene of Savoy, Prince (1663-1726), greatest General of his times, joined the Imperial armies when Louis XIV refused to give him a command in the French army; Eugene's victories stopped the Turkish advances upon Europe. He was Governor of the Netherlands from 1714-1724.
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Eugene of Savoy, Prince (1663-1726), greatest General of his times, joined the...