Lot Essay
Anthony was the eldest son of the future King John VI of Portugal and his wife Infanta Charlotte Joachina of Spain.
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Francis Anthony (1795-1801), Prince of Beira, seated in a purple upholstered gilt-wood chair before a table strewn with a rosary and a rattle, in lace-bordered white dress with pink sash tied in a bow, wearing the jewel of the Order of the Golden Fleece and the green and red sash of the Royal Portuguese Orders of Christ and St. Benedict of Avis; pillar and draped green curtain background
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PORTUGUESE SCHOOL, 1795
Francis Anthony (1795-1801), Prince of Beira, seated in a purple upholstered gilt-wood chair before a table strewn with a rosary and a rattle, in lace-bordered white dress with pink sash tied in a bow, wearing the jewel of the Order of the Golden Fleece and the green and red sash of the Royal Portuguese Orders of Christ and St. Benedict of Avis; pillar and draped green curtain background
oval, 2 3/8 in. (60 mm.) high, gilt-metal bezel, the reverse set with pierced gold inscription 'D. Anto. P. da B Idade-6-M.' with coronet surmount and foliate swags, on an engine-turned paillon
Francis Anthony (1795-1801), Prince of Beira, seated in a purple upholstered gilt-wood chair before a table strewn with a rosary and a rattle, in lace-bordered white dress with pink sash tied in a bow, wearing the jewel of the Order of the Golden Fleece and the green and red sash of the Royal Portuguese Orders of Christ and St. Benedict of Avis; pillar and draped green curtain background
oval, 2 3/8 in. (60 mm.) high, gilt-metal bezel, the reverse set with pierced gold inscription 'D. An
Provenance
Robert Dows Brewster (1916-1995), New York; (+) Sotheby's, Geneva, 15 November 1995, lot 307.
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