TOMMASINI (ITALIAN, FL. C. 1870)

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TOMMASINI (ITALIAN, FL. C. 1870)
Vittorio Emanuele II (1820-1878), King of Sardinia 1849-1861 and Italy 1861-1878, in blue coat with silver collar and aiguillette, wearing the gold chain and breast-stars of the Royal Sardinian Order of the Most Sacred Annunciation, the green moiré sash of the Orders of Saints Maurice and Lazarus, the Military Medal of Savoy and two other medals
signed 'Tommasini' (mid-right)
on paper
oval, 6 ¼ in. (158 mm.) high, in rectangular gilt-wood and gesso mount with foliate surround, in larger velvet-lined frame

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The sitter was the eldest son of Charles Albert, Prince of Carignano and Maria Theresa of Austria (daughter of Ferdinand III, Grand Duke of Tuscany). He was King of Sardinia from 1849 until 1861 when he became King of Italy, becoming the first king of a united Italy since the 6th century. He married his cousin, Adelaide of Austria and he was succeeded by his eldest son, Umberto I. His second son ruled as King Amadeo I of Spain from 1870 to 1873 and his daughter Maria Pia became Queen of Portugal as consort of King Luis I of Portugal in 1862.

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