Alexander Farnses, Duke of Parma and Placenza. Alexandre Farnese, Duc de Parme. In lace ruff collar and armour breastplate, with chain of the order of the Golden Fleece. Frame decorated with snakes, sword and baton. Vignette of a Spanish Armada boat exploding. Copperplate engraving by Pieter Stevens van Gunst after Adriaen van der Werff from Isaac de Larrey’s Histoire d’Angleterre, d’Ecosse et d’Irlande, Amsterdam, 1730.

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