Franz Napoleon Heigel. Portrait of his sister Henriette, c. 1835. German Biedermeier.
Tag: Portrait
Claude Gouffier. French nobleman and book collector. 16th c.
He was Duc de Roannais, Marquis de Boisy, Comte de Maulévrier, Comte de Caravas, Seigneur d’Oiron, Grand Stable Master of France.
King Charles IX, Duke of Orleans as child, 16th c.
His reign was dominated by civil wars and the infamous massacre of French Protestants on St Bartholomew’s Eve.
Jeanne d’Albret Queen of Navarre. 16th century.
Jeanne d’Albret was one of the most active and influential women in France around the middle of the 16th century.
The Mignons of Henri III. of France
The Mignons of Henri III. of France put on make-up and powder, wore earrings, lace and tinsel.
Catherine de Médici. The kings mother.
Catherine de Médici, Queen of France. Portraiture at the court of the Valois
Edward the Black Prince. The last hero of English chivalry.
Edward of Woodstock, named after his birthplace, Prince of Wales and Aquitaine, known as The Black Prince.
Sarah Garay Brunsden, Lady Lyndhurst
1st wife of John Singleton Copley, Baron Lyndhurst, Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain.
Portrait of John Knox. Scottish clergyman, writer and historian.
John Knox is considered as one of the founders of the Scottish Reformation
Portrait of Jane Seymour. Henry VIII of England’s third wife.
Jane Seymour was the third of the six wives of England’s King Henry VIII. She was the mother of Edward VI










