Equestrian Portrait of Thomas Francis, Prince of Carignano is a 1634 painting by Anthony van Dyck, now in the Galleria Sabauda in Turin. It shows Thomas Francis, Prince of Carignano on a prancing horse, as an allegory of his holding the reins of command even in difficult moments. Christopher Brown, Van Dyck 1599-1641, Milan, RCS Libri, 1999 (), pages 275-276 He is shown wearing the insignia and red sash of the Supreme Order of the Most Holy Annunciation, conferred on him in 1616 by his father Charles Emmanuel I, Duke of Savoy. Christopher Brown, Van Dyck 1599-1641, Milan, RCS Libri, 1999 (), page 275 In 1742 the work was sold to the King of Sardinia. Alexandre de Vesme, Van Dyck, peintre de portraits des princes de Savoie: avec le fac-similé d'un autographe inédit de l'artiste, 1885, page 35
See also List of paintings by Anthony van Dyck
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