Prince Carlo Felice (1765-1831) of Savoy and his brother Prince Giuseppe Placido (1766-1802) of Savoy as young boys, both holding guns, one with a bayonet, in red coats with silver-bordered green facings and silver-bordered green waistcoats, frilled cravats and black stocks, powdered wigs en queue, wearing the badges of the Royal Sardinian Order of Saints Maurice and Lazarus; foliate and sky background

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ITALIAN SCHOOL, CIRCA 1770
Prince Carlo Felice (1765-1831) of Savoy and his brother Prince Giuseppe Placido (1766-1802) of Savoy as young boys, both holding guns, one with a bayonet, in red coats with silver-bordered green facings and silver-bordered green waistcoats, frilled cravats and black stocks, powdered wigs en queue, wearing the badges of the Royal Sardinian Order of Saints Maurice and Lazarus; foliate and sky background
oval, 2¼ in. (56 mm.) wide, gilt-metal mount

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The fifth and sixth sons of Vittorio Amedeo III, King of Sardinia and his wife, Maria Antonietta Ferdinanda, youngest daughter of Felipe V, King of Spain, Carlo Felice succeeded his brother King Vittorio Emanuele I after a revolt in Piedmont on 13 March 1821. Prince Giuseppe, Count of Moriana assumed the title of Count of Asti in 1796 and Duke of Aosta in 1802. He died unmarried at Sassari, Sardinia where he is buried.

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