Ferdinand IV (1751-1825), King of Naples and Sicily and from 1816 styled Ferdinando I, King of the Two Sicilies, full face in claret-coloured coat, yellow waistcoat and lace cravat, powdered wig en queue, wearing the red sash and breast star of the Royal Neapolitan Order of St Januarius, the blue sash and breast star of the Royal Spanish order of Charles III of Spain and the blue sash and breast star of the French Royal order of the Holy Ghost

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NAPLES SCHOOL, CIRCA 1780
Ferdinand IV (1751-1825), King of Naples and Sicily and from 1816 styled Ferdinando I, King of the Two Sicilies, full face in claret-coloured coat, yellow waistcoat and lace cravat, powdered wig en queue, wearing the red sash and breast star of the Royal Neapolitan Order of St Januarius, the blue sash and breast star of the Royal Spanish order of Charles III of Spain and the blue sash and breast star of the French Royal order of the Holy Ghost
oval, 16 in. (40 mm.) high, silver-gilt frame

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Lot Essay

Ferdinand IV, third son of Carlos III, King of Spain married Archduchess Maria Carolina of Habsburg (see lot 150) and secondly in 1814, Donna Lucia Migliaccio, Duchess of Floridia.
A slightly smaller version is illustrated in R. Keil, Die Portätminiaturen des Hauses Habsburg, Vienna, 1999, p. 135, no. 268.

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