Equestrian_Portrait_of_Thomas_Francis,_Prince_of_Carignano

Equestrian Portrait of Thomas Francis, Prince of Carignano

Equestrian Portrait of Thomas Francis, Prince of Carignano

1634 painting by Anthony van Dyck

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. [1]
    (in Italian) Christopher Brown, Van Dyck 1599-1641, Milan, RCS Libri, 1999 (ISBN 88-17-86060-3), pages 275-276
  2. [2]
    (in Italian) Christopher Brown, Van Dyck 1599-1641, Milan, RCS Libri, 1999 (ISBN 88-17-86060-3), page 275
  3. [3]
    (in French) 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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