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Lot 121
ITALIAN SCHOOL, CIRCA 1811
A cut-out double-sided miniature depicting on one side Queen Isabella of Naples (1785-1848) in white dress, wearing the Royal Spanish Order of Maria-Luisa as a sash and the badge of the Austrian Order of the Starry Cross at her shoulder, long auburn hair; and on the other side Ferdinand II of Bourbon-Naples (1810-1859), King of the Two Sicilies 1830-1859, as a baby in lace-bordered white dress with blue sash
Price Realised
GBP 3,824
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Specialist note
Maria Isabella, fifth daughter of Carlos IV, King of Spain, see lot 122, and his wife Maria Luisa, married King Francesco I of Naples-Two-Sicilies as his second wife. Their eldest son, Ferdinand succeeded his father as Ferdinand II in 1830 and became known under the nick-name of re Bomba.
These kind of double-sided/cut-out miniatures were a speciality of a Naples court miniaturist. One is in the Musée Condé, Chantilly, another was in the Brewster collection, sold Sotheby's, Geneva, 15 November 1995, lot 281, and another one is in the Museo Nazionale de San Martino, Naples.
These kind of double-sided/cut-out miniatures were a speciality of a Naples court miniaturist. One is in the Musée Condé, Chantilly, another was in the Brewster collection, sold Sotheby's, Geneva, 15 November 1995, lot 281, and another one is in the Museo Nazionale de San Martino, Naples.