Portrait Oil Painting Victor Amadeus III Duke of Savoy After Maria Clementi

Description

Vintage 20th century oil painting on linen after a Portrait of the Duke of Savoy wearing the badge and star … more Vintage 20th century oil painting on linen after a Portrait of the Duke of Savoy wearing the badge and star of the Order of the Annuziata, originally painted by Maria Giovanna Clementi circa 1746-61. Signed in lower right corner. Beveled gold frame with scallop shell corners.

Victor Amadeus III (Vittorio Amedeo Maria; 26 June 1726 – 16 October 1796) was King of Sardinia and ruler of the Savoyard states from 20 February 1773 to his death in 1796. He was styled the Duke of Savoy from birth until he succeeded to his father's throne. Although he was politically conservative, he carried out numerous administrative reforms until he declared war on Revolutionary France in 1792. He was the father of the last three mainline Kings of Sardinia.

Maria Giovanna Clementi (1692–1761), called la Clementina, was an Italian painter, specializing in portraits. She was born in Turin, the daughter of a surgeon, Giovanni Pietro Giuseppe Bussano (Bussana, Buzana) and Maria Cristina Ausineti.[2] Her husband was Giuseppe Bartolomeo Clementi, about whom little is known. She trained in Turin with court painter Giovanni Battista Curlando, who advised her to specialize in portraits. In 1733 she resided with her husband in the palace of Count Carlo Giacinto Roero. Some documents show that at least since 1722, she worked for the court, painting portraits of members of the royal family of Savoy that were to be exchanged with other European courts.

Dimensions:
27.5" x 3.25" x 31.5" / Sans Frame - 19.25" x 23.25" less