Carlo Alberto, 7th Prince of Carignano and King of Sardinia (1798-1849), in dark blue coat with silver-embroidered red collar, silver epaulette, wearing the breast stars of the Royal Sardinian Order of the Most Sacred Annunciation, the Orders of Saints Maurice and Lazarus and the Royal Military Order of Savoy

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ITALIAN SCHOOL, CIRCA 1820
Carlo Alberto, 7th Prince of Carignano and King of Sardinia (1798-1849), in dark blue coat with silver-embroidered red collar, silver epaulette, wearing the breast stars of the Royal Sardinian Order of the Most Sacred Annunciation, the Orders of Saints Maurice and Lazarus and the Royal Military Order of Savoy
oval, 1 5/8 in. (4 cm.) high, gilt-metal mount

Provenance

King Umberto II of Italy (1904-1983); (+) Sotheby's, Geneva, 12 November 1984, lot 66.

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Lot Essay

Carlo Alberto (1798-1849), King of Sardinia from 1831 to 1849 was Regent of the Kingdom of Sardinia for one week after the abdication of Vittorio Emanuele I in 1821, Viceroy of Sardinia in 1829 and abdicated following his defeat by the Austrians in Novara in 1849. He married Maria Teresa (1801-1855), daughter of Ferdinando III, Grand Duke of Tuscany in 1817.

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