ITALIAN SCHOOL, circa 1750/1760

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ITALIAN SCHOOL, circa 1750/1760

King Vittorio-Amadeo III of Sardinia, his right hand holding a field marshal's bâton, with curly powdered short wig and black solitaire, wearing a silver-braided scarlet uniform with moss-green collar and sleeves, a silver-figured green waistcoat and a gold sash, frilled lace cuffs and a matching jabot, decorated with the jewel and the breast-star of the Order of the Most Sacred Annunciation, a silver-edged black tricorn hat set with feathers and a bow under his left arm; on vellum -- 74 mm diam., bearing initials "J.E.L.", gilt-metal frame.

出版

Mariano Tomás, La miniatura retrato en España, Spain, 1953, ill. colour pl. XII (erroneously as "Ch. Ed. Stuart by Liotard").

拍品專文

This well-painted miniature is inspired by Domenico Duprà's oil painting at Stupinigi castle near Turin.
Vittorio-Amadeo III of Savoy (1726-1796), King of Sardinia 1773-1796, married Maria-Antonieta of Spain in 1750. Among their nine children were the Countess of Artois (see lot 169) and King Vittorio Emanuele I of Sardinia (see lot 236).
For another portrait of the same sitter, see lot 163.