CONTINENTAL SCHOOL, CIRCA 1765
Lot 287

CONTINENTAL SCHOOL, CIRCA 1765

Closed28 November 2012

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GBP 3,000

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CONTINENTAL SCHOOL, CIRCA 1765
Charles IV (1748-1819), Prince of Asturias, later King of Spain 1788-1808, in silver-bordered blue velvet coat, wearing the red moiré sash of the Royal Spanish Order of Carlos III, the jewel of the Order of the Golden Fleece and two breast-stars, a tricorn hat under his left arm, powdered hair
on ivory
2 5/16 in. (59 mm.) diam., gilt-metal frame with glazed reverse

Umberto II (1904-1983), King of Italy; Sotheby's, Geneva, 14 November 1985, lot 331.
Robert D. Brewster (1916-1995) Collection, New York; Sotheby's, Geneva, 15 November 1995, lot 292 (erroneously as Carlo VII, King of Naples, later Carlos III, King of Spain and the Indies).

Specialist note

The rectified identification of the present sitter is substantiated by comparison with a large-scale portrait by Anton Raphael Mengs in the Prado (inv. no. P02188).