A Jacobite Gazetteer - Italy

Stupinigi - Palazzina di Caccia

The town of Stupinigi is located about ten kilometres south of Turin. The centre of the town is a hunting lodge (palazzina di caccia) formerly owned by the House of Savoy. A number of Stuart and Savoy portraits of Jacobite interest hang in the palazzina. ¹

In the Galleria dei Ritratti hang 54 portraits of various princes. They are numbered beginning on the left side at the top and proceeding from top to bottom, down the left side and then back on the right side. No. 2 is a portrait of Queen Maria Clementina, wife of King James III and VIII. ² No. 25 is a portrait of Henrietta Anne, Duchess of Orleans (daughter of King Charles I). ³ No. 35 is a portrait of King Charles IV. ⁴ No. 47 is a portrait of King Charles II. ⁵ There are also portraits of the father of King Charles IV (nos. 19 and 33) as well as portraits of his mother (no. 20) and sister Maria Teresa (no. 34).

In the Sala del Bonzanigo of the Appartamento di Levante is a portrait of Prince Giuseppe of Savoy, younger brother of King Charles IV and King Victor.

In the corridoio of the Appartamento del Principe di Carignano there are portraits of King Victor ⁶ and of his younger brother Charles Felix (no. 82).

Notes

¹ Noemi Gabrielli, Museo dell'Arredamento, Stupinigi, La Palazzina di caccia: Catalogo (Torino: Tommaso Musolini, 1966), 96-99.

² The oval portrait measures 103 cm high by 88 cm wide.

³ The portrait measures 89 cm high by 70 cm wide.

⁴ The portrait measures 150 cm high by 99 cm wide.

⁵ The portrait measures 110 cm high by 88 cm wide. It formerly hung at the Castello di Moncalieri.

⁶ The oil-on-canvas portrait measures 195 cm high by 78 cm wide.