The painting turns out to be an important historical document: the image, according to the inscription on the back of the canvas, portrays charles emmanuel iii, king of sardinia, with his family in the centre. On the right of the king we recognize his children benedetto maurizio, eleonora teresa, maria luigia gabriella, maria felicita and his nephew vittorio emanuele i. On the left there is a portrait of vittorio amdeo iii, maria antonia ferdinanda infant of spain and wife of vittorio amedeo, while in the foreground vittorio's fourth son, carlo felice, and his firstborn carlo emanuele iv and his third son benedetto maurice. Object Type: painting. Genre: portrait. Date: 18th century. Dimensions: height: 70 cm (27.5 in) ; width: 89 cm (35 in). Medium: oil on canvas. Depicted People: Carlo Emanuele III of Sardinia, Anne Christine of Sulzbach, Polyxena of Hesse-Rheinfels-Rotenburg, Elisabeth Therese of Lorraine. Collection: Unidentified location. Duprà - The Family of Charles Emmanuel III of Sardinia
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