Sale 7526
London
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27 June 2007
Price realised
GBP 2,880
Estimate
This lot is offered without a reserve
PIEDMONTESE SCHOOL, EARLY 19TH CENTURY Portrait of Carlo Felice, King of Sardinia, (1765-1831), bust-length, in uniform, wearing the Order of the Holy Annunciation and the Order of Saints Maurice and Lazarus with indistinct inscription 'Carlo Felice Re di Sardegna' (on the stretcher) oil on canvas 19 x 14 in. (48.3 x 35.5 cm.)
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Carlo Felice, King of Sardinia, (1765-1831) was the son of Vittorio Amedeo III, King of Sardinia, (1726-1796). He married Maria Cristina, Princess of Bourbon-Two Sicilies, (1779-1849) by proxy in 1807.
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