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PIEDMONTESE SCHOOL, CIRCA 1790

Charles Emanuel IV (1751-1819), King of Sardinia 1796-1802, as Prince of Piedmont, in green jacket and light blue waistcoat, frilled cravat, powdered hair, wearing the breast-star and jewel of the Order of the Most Sacred Annunciation

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PIEDMONTESE SCHOOL, CIRCA 1790
Charles Emanuel IV (1751-1819), King of Sardinia 1796-1802, as Prince of Piedmont, in green jacket and light blue waistcoat, frilled cravat, powdered hair, wearing the breast-star and jewel of the Order of the Most Sacred Annunciation
pastel on paper
oval, 5 7/8 in. (150 mm.) high, rectangular wood frame
Provenance
King Umberto II of Italy (1904-1983); (+) Sotheby's, Geneva, 12 November 1984, lot 39.
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Lot Essay

Charles Emanuel IV married Clotilda (1759-1802), sister of Kings Louis XVI, Louis XVIII and Charles X of France, on 6 September 1775. He abdicated in favour of his younger brother, Victor Emanuel I, in 1802. For a miniature showing the sitter in a similar tilted pose, see the exhibition catalogue Miniature Sabaude, Turin, Unione Industriale, 1996, p. 21, no. 3.

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