Author: Jacob Louys (1620-1673) and and Pieter Soutman (1580-1657), after Anthony van Dyck (1599-1641)
Title: [Antique portrait print, etching and engraving] Portrait of Tommaso Francesco of Savoy, published ca. 1650.
Description: Portrait of Tommaso Francesco of Savoy, Prince of Carignano, bust-length turned to left, looking towards the viewer; wearing armour with a lace collar and a medallion showing the Annunciation; in an oval surrounded by ornamental border with fruit garlands.After a portrait by Van Dyck painted in 1634, formerly in the collection of Charles I and now in the Gemäldegalerie, Staatliche Museen, Berlin.Lettered below: 'Franciscus Thomas De Savoia Dei Gratia Princeps / De Carignen Serenissimus Exercitus Catholici In Belgio / Summus Prefectus' and with production details 'Ant. Van Dijck Pinxit - P. Soutman Effigiavit et Excud - Cum Privil. Sa. Cae. M. - I. Louijs Sculpsit.'homas Frans was, als de jongste zoon van hertog Karel Emanuel I van Savoye en diens echtgenote Catharina Michaella van Oostenrijk, een prins uit het Huis Savoye. Etching and engraving on paper, trimmed within plate mark, pasted down on another sheet of laid paper; total: 405 x 265 mm; only state; some staining at bottom, some damp stains more visible from the back, otherwise good condition. Hollstein 12.

Keywords: Diplomacy|Italy|Male|Portraits