Lot 97: NATALE SCHIAVONI (ITALIAN, 1777-1858)

An officer, wearing spectacles, in gold-embroidered blue uniform with gold buttons, white stock, blue ribbon and commander-cross of the Order of Constantine of Parma, and another cross and breast-star, curled dark hair with sideburns; sky background
signed 'N. Schiavoni. f' (lower right)
oval, 4 1/2 in. (115 mm.) high, gilt-metal frame

Christie's, Geneva, 18 May 1994, lot 340.

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