VIGHI, Giacomo
(b. ca. 1510, Argenta, d. 1573, Torino)

Portrait of Emmanuel Philibert, Duke of Savoy

1568-73
Oil on canvas
Galleria Sabauda, Turin

Emmanuel Philibert (Italian Emanuele Filiberto; 1528-1580)was the duke of Savoy. He recovered most of the lands his father Charles III had lost to France and Spain. A skilled soldier and a wily diplomat, he was also an able administrator who restored economic equilibrium to Savoy while freeing it from foreign occupation.