Ferdinand IV (1751-1825), King of Naples and the Two-Sicilies 1759-1825, in blue coat with red collar

Lot n° 283
Ferdinand IV is wearing the breast-star of the Royal Neapolitan Order of St Januarius, the red badge of the Order of the Golden Fleece and other orders.
Miniature ovale  H. 53mm
Silver frame, the border engraved 'Fernando IV Rey de Napoles a la Sra Doña Josefa Ceballos y Alvarez de Faria Marquesa de Espeja', coronet surmount, mother-of-pearl reverse.

Provenance  :   According to the inscription on the frame, given by the sitter to Doña Josefa Alvarez Cevallos and Faria, daughter of Don Pedro Cevallos, minister of Carlos IV and Fernando VII, and later ambassador to Naples and Vienna. She was the wife of Don Luis Alvarado (b. 1783), a distinguished solider in the War of Independence for which he was awarded the Cross of San Fernando.

Blas Pérez Collection, in 1953.
Robert D. Brewster (1916-1995) Collection, New York; Sotheby's, Geneva, 15 November 1995, lot 280.