SPANISH SCHOOL, circa 1815

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SPANISH SCHOOL, circa 1815

The Infante Don Francisco de Paula, with centre-parted powdered hair, wearing a blue uniform with gold-embroidered red lapels and collar, decorated with the jewel of the Order of the Golden Fleece, the blue and white moiré sash and the breast-star of the Royal Spanish Order of Charles III, the breast-star of the Order of the Saint-Esprit and another breast-star -- 49 mm diam., plain silver-gilt mount

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The Infante Don Francisco de Paula (1794-1865), Duke of Cadiz, was the youngest son of Charles IV, King of Spain, and his wife Queen Maria-Luisa. A brother of King Ferdinand VII (see lot 110), he married his niece Princess Luisa Carlota of Bourbon-Naples in 1819. A group of miniatures representing the Infante with his wife and five of their eleven children was sold in our London rooms, sale of Spanish Art, part I, 28 May 1992.

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