Vittorio Amadeo III (1726-1796) of Savoy, King of Sardinia 1773-1796, facing left in red coat with silver-bordered blue facings, silver and blue waistcoat, lace cravat and black stock, wearing the jewel and breast-star of the Savoy order of the Most Sacred Annunciation, powdered wig en queue

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ITALIAN SCHOOL, CIRCA 1760/1770
Vittorio Amadeo III (1726-1796) of Savoy, King of Sardinia 1773-1796, facing left in red coat with silver-bordered blue facings, silver and blue waistcoat, lace cravat and black stock, wearing the jewel and breast-star of the Savoy order of the Most Sacred Annunciation, powdered wig en queue
oval, 17/8 in. (47 mm.) high, silver mount

Provenance

The Collection of King Umberto II of Italy (1904-1983); (+) Sotheby's, Geneva, 12 November 1984, lot 26.

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Lot Essay

Vittorio Amadeo III, styled Duke of Aosta from his birth until his father's accession, then became Prince of Piedmont. He married Maria Antonieta Fernanda (1729-1785), daughter of Felipe V, King of Spain and the Indies in 1750.

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