Equestrian Portrait of Thomas Francis, Prince of Carignano explained

Equestrian Portrait of Thomas Francis, Prince of Carignano is a 1634 painting by Anthony van Dyck, now in the Galleria Sabauda in Turin. It shows Thomas Francis, Prince of Carignano on a prancing horse, as an allegory of his holding the reins of command even in difficult moments.[1] He is shown wearing the insignia and red sash of the Supreme Order of the Most Holy Annunciation, conferred on him in 1616 by his father Charles Emmanuel I, Duke of Savoy.[2] In 1742 the work was sold to the King of Sardinia.[3]

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References

  1. Christopher Brown, Van Dyck 1599-1641, Milan, RCS Libri, 1999, pages 275-276
  2. Christopher Brown, Van Dyck 1599-1641, Milan, RCS Libri, 1999, page 275
  3. Alexandre de Vesme, Van Dyck, peintre de portraits des princes de Savoie: avec le fac-similé d'un autographe inédit de l'artiste, 1885, page 35

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