Lazarus Colleredo and Baptista Colleredo
1 of 3 portraits of Lazarus Colleredo
© National Portrait Gallery, London
Lazarus Colleredo and Baptista Colleredo
after Unknown artist
etching, mid to late 17th century
4 7/8 in. x 3 1/4 in. (124 mm x 82 mm) paper size
Given by the daughter of compiler William Fleming MD, Mary Elizabeth Stopford (née Fleming), 1931
Reference Collection
NPG D28520
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- Baptista Colleredo (1617-1645), Conjoined twin. Sitter in 3 portraits.
- Lazarus Colleredo (1617-1645), Conjoined twin. Sitter in 3 portraits.
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Charles I's first surviving child, Charles, is born in St. James's Palace. He is baptised by the Anglican Bishop of London, William Laud, and brought up in the care of the Protestant Mary Curzon, Countess of Dorset.Art and science
The Cottonian Library, containing the greatest resource of Old English and Middle English literature, founded by antiquary and anti-royalist, Sir Robert Bruce Cotton, is confiscated by the authorities.International
Philip IV of Spain and Charles I sign the Treaty of Madrid, ending hostilities between the two countries. Spanish diplomat, Cesare Alessandro Scaglia, assists with the conclusion of the peace deal.German, Protestant land is regained from Catholic allies on account of Swedish intervention in the Thirty Years' War.
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