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ART PAGE 81

Francesco di Borbone - 1790
oil on canvas, 48-3/8 x 35-3/4 in, 123 x 91 cm
Museo Gallerie National, Naples. Francesco Gennaro Giuseppe Saverio Giovanni Batista di Borbone, Duke de Calabria, Prince of the two Siciles, later Francesco I, King of Naples and the Two Siciles (1777-1830) was the son of Ferdinand IV, King of Naples and Queen Maria Caroline of Austria, sister of Marie Antoinette. Francesco became King of Naples in 1825. His oldest daughter was the firey Duchesse de Berry (1798-1870) painted in 1828. View another image of this portrait. In 1790 at the request of the Queen, Vigée Le Brun agreed to delay her departure from Naples in order to paint Prince Francesco and his three sisters Maria Theresa (soon to be Empress of Austria), Maria Louisa (later Grand Duchess of Tuscany) and Maria Christina (Later Queen of Sardinia). This portrait was displayed in the 2015 Paris Exhibition. Reference Kimbell Exhibition Catalog Number 32 for more details.

Comtesse de Chastenay - 1785
Oil on canvas, oval, 64.8 x 54.6 cm
Museo de Arte Ponce, Puerto Rico.

Princess Louise Radziwill Hohenzollern - 1801
Pastel, Completed in Berlin
This was a study for the oil on canvas version on art page 23 that she completed after returning to Paris.
Princess Frederica Louisa Dorothea Philippine Radziwill, née Hohenzollern (1770-?), wife of Prince Anton Heinrich Radziwill (1775-1833). A Prussian Princess, she was the niece of Frederick the Great (Frederick II) (lived 1712-86, reigned 1740-86), and cousin of Frederick William II (lived 1744-97, reigned 1786-97) and his son Frederick William III (lived 1770-1840, reigned 1797-1840). She was married at a young age to Prince Radziwill.


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