VERNET, Horace
(b. 1789, Paris, d. 1863, Paris)

Equestrian portrait of Charles Albert, King of Sardinia

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Oil on canvas
Galleria Sabauda, Turin

Charles Albert (Carlo Alberto, 1798-1849) was the last king of Sardinia from 1831 to 1849. His name is bound up with the first Italian constitution, the Albertine Statute and the First Italian War of Independence. He was the father of Victor Emmanuel II, the first king of a united Italy.