Charles III, King of Spain and his wife Maria-Amalia; he, facing right in red doublet, wearing the blue sash of the Order of the Saint Esprit and the chain of the Order of the Golden Fleece, short powdered wig and she, with diamonds in her short curling powdered hair, matching diamond earrings

細節

ITALIAN SCHOOL, CIRCA 1750/55
Charles III, King of Spain and his wife Maria-Amalia; he, facing right in red doublet, wearing the blue sash of the Order of the Saint Esprit and the chain of the Order of the Golden Fleece, short powdered wig and she, with diamonds in her short curling powdered hair, matching diamond earrings
oval, ½ in. (13 mm.) high, silver mount set in the swivelling bezel of a silver-gilt ring set with two diamonds

來源

by direct family descent from the sitter to the present owner.

拍品專文

Charles (1716-1788), third son of King Philip V of Spain from his marriage to Elizabeth Farnese, was Duke of Parma and Piacenza 1731-1735 under the name of Charles I, King of the Two Sicilies 1735-1759 under the name of Charles VII and King of Spain 1759-1788 as Charles III. In 1738, he married Maria-Amalia (1724-1760), daughter of Frederick-Augustus II, Elector of Saxony and King of Poland.