Lot Essay
For a later miniature of the same sitter, see lot 224.
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Crown Prince Victor Amadeus of Savoy (1725-1796), later King Victor Amadeus III of Sardinia 1773-1796, with his left hand resting on a gilt-studded helmet and his right hand on his hip, in gilt-studded breast plate, gold-bordered blue velvet coat and ermine-lined red velvet cloak, wearing the jewel of the Order of the Most Sacred Annunciation suspended from a gold chain around his neck; pillar and curtain background
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ORSOLA URBANI (ITALIAN, 1741)
Crown Prince Victor Amadeus of Savoy (1725-1796), later King Victor Amadeus III of Sardinia 1773-1796, with his left hand resting on a gilt-studded helmet and his right hand on his hip, in gilt-studded breast plate, gold-bordered blue velvet coat and ermine-lined red velvet cloak, wearing the jewel of the Order of the Most Sacred Annunciation suspended from a gold chain around his neck; pillar and curtain background
signed and dated on the reverse 'Orsola Urbani 1741'
rectangular, 3 5/8 x 2 7/8 in. (93 x 74 mm.), gilt-metal frame
Crown Prince Victor Amadeus of Savoy (1725-1796), later King Victor Amadeus III of Sardinia 1773-1796, with his left hand resting on a gilt-studded helmet and his right hand on his hip, in gilt-studded breast plate, gold-bordered blue velvet coat and ermine-lined red velvet cloak, wearing the jewel of the Order of the Most Sacred Annunciation suspended from a gold chain around his neck; pillar and curtain background
signed and dated on the reverse 'Orsola Urbani 1741'
rectangular, 3 5/8 x 2 7/8 in. (93 x 74 mm.), gilt-metal frame
Provenance
King Umberto II of Italy (1904-1983); (+) Sotheby's, Geneva, 12 November 1984, lot 4 (sitter mis-identified as the sitter's father Charles Emanuel III of Savoy).
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Sale room notice
It appears that the traditional identification of the sitter as King Charles Emanuel III of Sardinia is erroneous. This miniature depicts his son King Victor Amadeus III of Sardinia as crown prince of Sardinia.