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Browse all works in the Marochetti Collection Search All Collections   Please Select... AFF Verdi Saint Kneale Joy Warner SheetMusic Marochetti Collins Draper Goodman Gori DFleischmann Marco Piero Gower Catalogue entry   Title: Vittorio Emanuele of Savoy Artist: Baron Carlo Marochetti   This marble bust of the twelve year old Prince, Vittore Emanuele, later to become the first king of a united Italy, was executed between 1831 and 1834. It is one of a pair, the companion bust being Vittore Emanuele's eight year old brother Ferdinando,Duke of Genoa. Both show their subjects in military uniform. Presumably commissioned by the boys' father, Carlo Alberto, they are first mentioned in a catalogue of the Royal Collection  in 1855, when they were in the Castello Reale d'Aglie. Both were later removed to the Castello di Racconigi. Material(s): Marble Medium: Unassigned Finish: - Technique: - Genre: Portrait Bust Location: Racconigi (Castello), , , Colours: Year: 0 Height: 0 metres Width: 0 metres Depth: 0 metres Key: 2037 Acc. No.: 2037 Col. No.: 2037 Number of views: 3022   Location View Larger Map

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