A Jacobite Gazetteer - Modena

This museum has been closed for renovations for over twenty years. It's offices are located in the Palazzo dei Musei.

The collections of the museum include a large number of items of Jacobite interest from the reigns of Queen Mary III and II and her son King Francis I.

There is an engraving of Queen Mary III and II by Agostino Capelli; the engraving is based upon a portrait by Adeodata Malatesta. ¹

Queen Mary III and II

There is an oil painting on canvas of Duke Francis IV of Modena and his wife Mary Beatrice (later Queen Mary III and II) at their official entrance into the Duchy of Modena on July 15, 1814. ⁰² The scene shows Francis and Mary in front of a temporary triumphal arch erected in the town of Nonantola. Francis wears a red-and-green breast sash; an official is presenting him with something held by a page on a cushion. The painting was a sketch for a larger work which was to have formed part of a cycle of paintings on the glories of the House of Este which King Francis I ordered to decorate some rooms in the Palazzo Ducale; another example from this cycle can be seen in the Palazzo Arcivescovile.

Duke Francis IV and Duchess Mary Beatrice enter the Duchy of Modena

There is an oil portrait on canvas of Duke Francis IV of Modena, husband of Queen Mary III and II and father of King Francis I. ³ He is dressed in civilian clothes and wears the neck insignia of the Austrian Order of the Golden Fleece.

Duke Francis IV of Modena

There is an engraving of Duke Francis IV of Modena by Antonio Gajani; the engraving is based upon a portrait by Geminiano Vincenzi. ⁴ Over a military uniform, Francis wears an ermine cape; around his neck hangs the insignia of the Austrian Order of the Golden Fleece.

Engraving of Duke Francis IV of Modena

There is an engraving of Duke Francis IV of Modena by Agostino Capelli; the engraving is based upon a portrait by Adeodata Malatesta. ⁵ Francis wears a military uniform, with a breast sash and three breast stars; around his neck hangs the insignia of the Austrian Order of the Golden Fleece.

Engraving of Duke Francis IV of Modena

There is an oval wood relief of Duke Francis IV of Modena. ⁶ His head is shown in profile facing left.

Relief of Duke Francis IV of Modena

There is a marble bust of Duke Francis IV of Modena. ⁷ Francis wears a breast sash, three breast stars, and the neck insignia of the Austrian Order of the Golden Fleece.

Bust of Duke Francis IV of Modena

There is a water-colour on paper of a military parade. ⁸ In the foreground are two officers on horseback; these are probably Duke Francis IV of Modena and his son King Francis I. They both wear a blue-and-white waste sash and a curved sword (see below). In the background can be seen a flag with the arms of the Duke of Modena (Austria and Este).

Military Parade

There is a full-length engraving of Francis, Duke of Cornwall and Rothesay (later King Francis I) by Giovanni Berselli based on a portrait by Luigi Manzini. ⁹ Francis is shown as proprietary colonel of the Hungarian Infantry Regiment Archduke Francis of Modena Nr. 32. He wears a waste-sash (sciarpa) and holds a cocked hat (feluca) in his right hand. In the background is a column surmounted by the eagle of the House of Este.

Francis I as a youth

There is an unframed oil portrait on canvas of Francis, Duke of Cornwall and Rothesay (later King Francis I). ¹⁰ He wears a military uniform (it appears to be the uniform of a cadet of the Royal Military Academy of Modena).

Francis I as a youth

There is a framed oil portrait on wood of King Francis I. ¹¹ He wears a white military uniform, and the red sash and neck insignia of the Austrian Order of the Golden Fleece.

King Francis I

There is an engraving of King Francis I by Giovanni Bruni; the engraving is based upon a portrait by Adeodata Malatesta. Over a military uniform Francis wears an ermine cape with a breast sash and star and the neck insignia of the Austrian Order of the Golden Fleece. The engraving is dedicated to Francis' sister-in-law Archduchess Elisabeth, wife of Archduke Ferdinand, and mother of Mary IV and III.

Engraving of King Francis I

There is a gesso bust of King Francis I. ¹² He wears an ermine cape and the neck insignia of the Austrian Order of the Golden Fleece.

Bust of King Francis I

There is an engraving showing King Francis I, Pope Pius IX, and Monsignor Francesco Emilio Cugini (Archbishop of Modena and Nonantola). ¹³ The engraving commemorates the visit of Pope Pius IX to Modena July 2-4, 1857. It is based on portraits by Carlo Vandelli, lithographed by O. Nannini.

Francis I, Pius IX, and Monsignor Cugini

There is a black wood frame containing a lock of the hair of King Francis I. ¹⁴ The inscription states that it was removed from his body after embalming by Dr. Luigi Angelini. ¹⁵

Hair of King Francis I

There is a sword to which are attached two blue and gold tassels decorated with Francis' monogram (FV) and the eagle of the House of Este.¹⁶

Sword of King Francis I

There are several blue-and-white waste sashes decorated with Francis' monogram (FV) and the eagle of the House of Este. ¹⁷

Waste sash of King Francis I

There is an oil portrait on wood of Queen Adelgunde. ¹⁸ She wears a white off-the-shoulder dress and the blue-and-white breast sash of the Order of Merit of the Bavarian Crown. On her head she wears a golden tiara decorated with pearls and rubies. Around her neck hangs a six-strand pearl necklace.

Queen Adelgunde

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