Lot 71: JAKOB PHILIPP HACKERT

PROPERTY FROM A EUROPEAN ROYAL HOUSE
PRENZLAU 1737 - 1807 FLORENCE
A VIEW ACROSS THE VOLTURNO RIVER TOWARDS ALIFE, PIEDIMONTE MATESE, AND THE MATESE MOUNTAINS RISING BEYOND 
signed and dated: a Piedimonte d'alife / Filippo Hackert dipinse 1800.
an inscription to the reverse of the canvas no longer visible due to relining was transcribed by tracing and reads: Veduta di Piedimonte d'Alliffe, del Mattese e del Montemiletto, presa alla Scaffa/sul Voltorno. Filippo Hackert dipinse/1800
oil on canvas
65 by 88 cm.; 25 5/8 by 34 5/8 in.

Maria Carolina of Austria (1752-1814), Queen of Naples and Sicily, wife of Ferdinand I of the Two Sicilies, III of Sicily and IV of Naples (1751-1825) ;
Her son Francesco I, King of the Two Sicilies (1777-1830);
His son Ferdinand II, King of the Two Sicilies (1810-1859);
By descent to his daughter Princess Maria Pia of the Two Sicilies (1849-1882), who married Robert I, Duke of Parma (1848-1907);
Elias Duke of Parma (1880-1959), who married the Archduchess Maria Anna of Austria (1882-1940);
Thence by descent.