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Emmanuel Philibert of Savoy, Prince of Oneglia
Anthony van Dyck1624
Dulwich Picture Gallery
London, United Kingdom
"During his extended stay in Italy in the 1620s, Van Dyck visited Palermo. While there he painted Emmanuel Philibert (1588-1624), the Duke of Savoy's son, who was serving as the King of Spain's Viceroy in Sicily.
The emblems of a crown enclosing a palm and the knots decorating his armour (which still survives, in the Royal Armouries of Madrid), are associated with Sicily and the House of Savoy. The prince is shown holding a baton, a symbol traditionally associated with generalship. He died of the plague just weeks after sitting for this portrait. "
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- Title: Emmanuel Philibert of Savoy, Prince of Oneglia
- Creator Lifespan: 1599 - 1641
- Date: 1624
- Physical Dimensions: w995 x h1260 cm
- Type: Painting
- Medium: Oil
- Work Notes: A copy sold London, Christies (R. W. Cater sale), 6 Mar. 1936, lot 151. Acc. to GlŸck the original sketch fror the head in a Swedish private collection in 1931.Lot 0135 from Sale Catalog F-A2066Artist Name DYCK, ANTHONIE VAN (Flemish)Lot Title Le portrait d'un homme, de grandeur naturelle et vu jusqu'aux genoux ; il a le regard tournŽ vers le spectateur, porte peu de cheveux et une moustache ; son col est garni d'une fraise ; il est vtu d'une cuirasse enrichie d'ornemens en or. Il tient de la main droite un b‰ton, et appuie sa main gauche sur le pommeau de son ŽpŽe ; on voit encore une table couverte d'un tapis rouge, sur laquelle est posŽ son casque. Ce tableau, de la maniŽre coloriŽe et brillante de ce ma”tre, peut tre regardŽ comme une de ses plus belles productions.Object Notes sur toile, H. 46 p. larg. 36Transaction Vendu, 2505 livres Expert LebrunExpert PailletCommissaire-Pr. Jeluseau ?Sale Location Paris, FranceSale Date 29 April 1793 and following days Seller Vincent DonjeuxBuyer Desmarets, L.C.Lugt Number 5049
- Work Nationality: Flemish
- Support: Canvas
- Provenance: ?Palermo; Paris, Vincent Donjeux sale, 29 Apr. 1793, lot 135 ('Le portrait d'un homme, de grandeur naturelle et vu jusqu'aux genoux ; il a le regard tourné vers le spectateur, porte peu de cheveux et une moustache ; son col est garni d'une fraise ; il est vêtu d'une cuirasse enrichie d'ornemens en or. Il tient de la main droite un b‰ton, et appuie sa main gauche sur le pommeau de son épée ; on voit encore une table couverte d'un tapis rouge, sur laquelle est posé son casque. Ce tableau, de la maniére coloriée et brillante de ce ma”tre, peut être regardé comme une de ses plus belles productions') [on canvas, H. 46 p. larg. 36]. Bt L. C. Desmarets for £2505; London, Sir Francis Bourgeois, 1811; Bourgeois Bequest, 1811; 1813 inv. (as 'Duke D'Alva').
- Further Information: "Emmanuel Philibert (1588-1624) was son of Charles Emmanuel I, Duke of Savoy. The armour, decorated with emblems of the House of Savoy, survives in the Royal Armouries at Madrid. It was painted during Van Dyck's stay in Palermo in the spring and summer of 1624; at this time there was an outbreak of plague, from which Emmanuel Philibert died on 3 August. The composition seems to be based on a lost portrait by Titian of the Emperor Charles V, which Van Dyck also modelled his sketch A Grey Horse on."
- Artist: van Dyck, Sir Anthony
- Acquisition Method: Bourgeois, Sir Peter Francis (Bequest, 1811)
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