Lot 89: Luigi Vittorio di Savoia-Carignano, Principe di Carignano (1721-1778) meeting his son Vittorio Amedeo II di Savoia-Carignano (1743-1780) on the occasion of his engagement to Josepha de Lorraine-Brionne (1753-1797) at the Moulin de la Venoge,

JOHANNES ANDREAS HERRLEIN (WURZBURG 1720-1796 FULDA) Luigi Vittorio di Savoia-Carignano, Principe di Carignano (1721-1778) meeting his son Vittorio Amedeo II di Savoia-Carignano (1743-1780) on the occasion of his engagement to Josepha de Lorraine-Brionne (1753-1797) at the Moulin de la Venoge, near Lausanne signed 'J. Herrlein' (lower centre) oil on copper 20½ x 27¾ in. (52 x 70.5 cm.)

VAT rate of 5% is payable on hammer price and at 17.5% on the buyer's premium.
This picture depicts Luigi Vittorio di Savoia-Carignano, 4th Prince of Carignano, son of Vittorio Amedeo and Maria Vittoria Francesca di Savoia, who married Princess Christine Henriette di Hesse-Rheinfels-Rotenburg in 1740. Their first son Vittorio Amedeo II di Savoia-Carignano, the future 5th Prince of Carignano, married Marie Josephe de Lorraine-Lambesc-Brionne in 1768 in Oulx, in the High Susa Valley. They had one son, Carlo Emanuele (1780-1800), who inherited the title of Prince of Carignano.