拍品专文
For a miniature of King Ferdinand I's younger brother, Leopold of Bourbon-Naples, Prince of Salerno, by Adalbert Suchy, see the previous lot.
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A FRAME OF TEN PORTRAIT MINIATURES OF FRANCIS I OF THE TWO SICILIES AND HIS CHILDREN
细节
NEAPOLITAN SCHOOL, CIRCA 1825
A FRAME OF TEN PORTRAIT MINIATURES OF FRANCIS I OF THE TWO SICILIES AND HIS CHILDREN
Francis I (1777-1830), King of the Two Sicilies 1825-1830, in dark blue coat with red collar and black stock, wearing the breast-stars of the Royal Sicilian Orders of Saint Januarius, Saint Ferdinand and of Merit, and the Imperial Russian Order of St Andrew; his eldest daughter, Princess Maria Christina (1806-1878), later Queen Consort of Spain 1829-1833 and Regent of Spain 1833-1840, in white dress, her dark hair dressed in curls and decorated with an elaborately tied pink sash; Prince Ferdinand II (1810-1859), later King of the Two Sicilies 1830-1859, in blue coat with red collar and black stock, wearing the breast-stars of the Royal Sicilian Orders of Saint Januarius, Saint Ferdinand and of Merit, the Royal Spanish Order of Charles II and the Royal French Order of the Holy Ghost; Charles Ferdinand, Prince of Capua (1811-1862), in similar blue and red coat with gold epaulette, wearing the breast-stars of the Royal Sicilian Orders of Saint Januarius, Saint Ferdinand and of Merit, and the Royal Spanish Order of Charles II; Prince Leopold, Count of Syracuse (1813-1860), in similar blue and red coat with gold epaulettes, wearing the breast-stars of the Royal Sicilian Orders of Saint Januarius, Saint Ferdinand and of Merit, and the Royal Spanish Order of Charles II; Prince Antonio, Count of Lecce (1816-1843), in green coat, wearing the breast-stars of the Royal Sicilian Orders of Saint Januarius, Saint Ferdinand and of Merit, and the Royal Spanish Order of Charles II; Princess Maria Antonia (1814-1898), later Grand Duchess of Tuscany 1833-1859 as consort of Leopold II, Grand Duke of Tuscany, in frilled white off-the-shoulders dress with puff sleeves and sash around waist, upswept hair; Princess Maria Amalia (1818-1857), later Infanta of Portugal and Spain by marriage to Infante Sebastian of Portugal and Spain, in white off-the-shoulders dress with scalloped collar; Princess Maria Carolina (1820-1861), later Infanta of Spain by marriage to Infante Carlos, Count of Montemolin, in frilled white off-the-shoulder dress; Princess Teresa Cristina (1822-1889), later Empress consort of Dom Pedro II of Brazil, in frilled white dress
on ivory
ovals, 1 3/8 in. (34 mm.) to 1 5/8 in. (42 mm.) high, gilt-metal mounts with foliate surround, mounted on a rectangular velvet panel within giltwood and gesso frame
A FRAME OF TEN PORTRAIT MINIATURES OF FRANCIS I OF THE TWO SICILIES AND HIS CHILDREN
Francis I (1777-1830), King of the Two Sicilies 1825-1830, in dark blue coat with red collar and black stock, wearing the breast-stars of the Royal Sicilian Orders of Saint Januarius, Saint Ferdinand and of Merit, and the Imperial Russian Order of St Andrew; his eldest daughter, Princess Maria Christina (1806-1878), later Queen Consort of Spain 1829-1833 and Regent of Spain 1833-1840, in white dress, her dark hair dressed in curls and decorated with an elaborately tied pink sash; Prince Ferdinand II (1810-1859), later King of the Two Sicilies 1830-1859, in blue coat with red collar and black stock, wearing the breast-stars of the Royal Sicilian Orders of Saint Januarius, Saint Ferdinand and of Merit, the Royal Spanish Order of Charles II and the Royal French Order of the Holy Ghost; Charles Ferdinand, Prince of Capua (1811-1862), in similar blue and red coat with gold epaulette, wearing the breast-stars of the Royal Sicilian Orders of Saint Januarius, Saint Ferdinand and of Merit, and the Royal Spanish Order of Charles II; Prince Leopold, Count of Syracuse (1813-1860), in similar blue and red coat with gold epaulettes, wearing the breast-stars of the Royal Sicilian Orders of Saint Januarius, Saint Ferdinand and of Merit, and the Royal Spanish Order of Charles II; Prince Antonio, Count of Lecce (1816-1843), in green coat, wearing the breast-stars of the Royal Sicilian Orders of Saint Januarius, Saint Ferdinand and of Merit, and the Royal Spanish Order of Charles II; Princess Maria Antonia (1814-1898), later Grand Duchess of Tuscany 1833-1859 as consort of Leopold II, Grand Duke of Tuscany, in frilled white off-the-shoulders dress with puff sleeves and sash around waist, upswept hair; Princess Maria Amalia (1818-1857), later Infanta of Portugal and Spain by marriage to Infante Sebastian of Portugal and Spain, in white off-the-shoulders dress with scalloped collar; Princess Maria Carolina (1820-1861), later Infanta of Spain by marriage to Infante Carlos, Count of Montemolin, in frilled white off-the-shoulder dress; Princess Teresa Cristina (1822-1889), later Empress consort of Dom Pedro II of Brazil, in frilled white dress
on ivory
ovals, 1 3/8 in. (34 mm.) to 1 5/8 in. (42 mm.) high, gilt-metal mounts with foliate surround, mounted on a rectangular velvet panel within giltwood and gesso frame
注意事项
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荣誉呈献
Tom Johans