Lot 1033: VENTURA DOMENICO (ITALIAN, 1812-1896)

Margherita di Savoia, Queen of Italy (1851-1956), in blue and white dress with ruffled collar, multi-strand pearl necklace and seven-strand pearl choker, large drop pearl earrings
signed and dated 'Vent[ura] d[i[' (mid-left) and 'Roma 1882' (mid-right)
on ivorine
oval, 5 1/4 in. (13.4 cm. ) high, pierced gilt-wood frame

Margherita (1851-1926), only daughter of Prince Ferdinando di Savoia, Duke of Genoa (1822-1855) married her first cousin, Umberto I, King of Italy (1844-1900) in 1868. Their son succeeded as Vittorio Emanuele III.

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