Lot 275
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LUIS DE LA CRUZ Y RIOS, CALLED EL CANARIO (d. 1850)
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LUIS DE LA CRUZ Y RIOS, CALLED EL CANARIO (d. 1850)

The Infante Don Francisco de Paula and his wife The Infanta Luisa: he, facing right in gold-bordered blue jacket and white shirt, wearing the jewel of the Order of the Golden Fleece, the badge of the Royal Spanish Order of St James of the Sword, the badge of the Order of Malta and the sash and breast star of the Royal Spanish Order of Charles III; and she, full face in blue silk dress with lace collar, pearl necklace and earrings, pearl and diamond set tiara and pearl and serpent head ornament on a black velvet headband in her upswept and curled brown hair, wearing the Royal Spanish Order of Queen Maria Luisa

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LUIS DE LA CRUZ Y RIOS, CALLED EL CANARIO (d. 1850)
The Infante Don Francisco de Paula and his wife The Infanta Luisa: he, facing right in gold-bordered blue jacket and white shirt, wearing the jewel of the Order of the Golden Fleece, the badge of the Royal Spanish Order of St James of the Sword, the badge of the Order of Malta and the sash and breast star of the Royal Spanish Order of Charles III; and she, full face in blue silk dress with lace collar, pearl necklace and earrings, pearl and diamond set tiara and pearl and serpent head ornament on a black velvet headband in her upswept and curled brown hair, wearing the Royal Spanish Order of Queen Maria Luisa
rectangular, 3½ x 27/8 in. (89 x 73 mm.) and 3¾ x 3 in. (95 x 77 mm.), gilt-metal frames with scrolling surmounts (2)
Provenance
Christie's, London, 7 June 1966, lot 24 (30gns. to Silverston).
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Lot Essay

Francisco de Paula Antonio Maria (1794-1865), the youngest child of Charles IV, King of Spain and Maria Luisa of Spain, married his niece Luisa Carlota Maria Elisabetta (1804-1844), daughter of Francis I, King of the Two Sicilies and the Infanta Maria Isabella on 12 June 1819 and had issue.
Miniatures of the sitter, her husband and their children by El Canario were sold in these rooms, 28 May 1992, lots 178 and 179.
For other portraits of these sitters by El Canario, see M. Tomás, La miniatura retrato en España, 1953, pl. LXXXII.

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