Vittorio Emanuele II, King of Sardinia and later King of Italy (1820-1878), standing with his left hand on the back of carved wooden chair and holding a white glove in his right hand, in black tail coat and trousers, maroon waistcoat and white stock, wearing the gold jewel and breast star of the Royal Sardinian Order of the Most Sacred Annunciation; draped red curtain background with landscape beyond

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LUIGI GANDOLPHI (ITALIAN, 1810-1869)
Vittorio Emanuele II, King of Sardinia and later King of Italy (1820-1878), standing with his left hand on the back of carved wooden chair and holding a white glove in his right hand, in black tail coat and trousers, maroon waistcoat and white stock, wearing the gold jewel and breast star of the Royal Sardinian Order of the Most Sacred Annunciation; draped red curtain background with landscape beyond
signed 'Gandolfi' (lower left)
rectangular, 5½ x 4 3/16 in. (14 x 10.6 cm.), gilt-metal frame

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Lot Essay

Vittorio Emanuele II (1820-1878), son of Carlo Alberto of Savoy-Carrignan, was King of Sardinia 1849-1861 and the first King of freshly united Italy 1861-1878. He married Maria Adelaide di Aburgo-Lorena (1822-1855) in 1842 and had issue.
A signed miniature of the King by Luigi Gandolphi (1810-1869) set on the cover of a gold presentation snuff-box by Musy, Turin was sold in these rooms, 25 May 2004, lot 217. Another miniature of the King by Gandolphi is illustrated on the front cover of the exhibition catalogue Miniature Sabaude, Turin, Unione Industriale Turino, 1996.

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