Discover monarch, art collector, commissioner (person who orders works) Vittorio Amedeo di Savoia (II)

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: Savoy, Victor-Amadeus of (II)
Savoie, Victor-Amédée de (II)
Savoye, Victor Amadeus van (II)
Victor Amadeus II of Sardinia

Qualifications: monarch, art collector, commissioner (person who orders works)
Reigns: as Duke of Savoy from 1675 to 1730, as (Vice)king of Sicily from 1713 to 1720, as King of Sardinia from 1720 to 1730. The fact that he became king was a great stimulus for his artistic patronage. With the aim of making the court in Turin a European cultural center, he attracted several international artists (among others Daniel Seiter).

Nationality/school: Italian

Born: Turin 1666-05-14

Deceased: Moncalieri 1732-10-31

Family relationships this field records any family relationship to one or more other artist(s).: son of Carlo Emanuele (II) en Maria Giovanna Battista di Savoia-Nemours

See also In this field, you will find references to names of groups or to the artists that made/make up groups. You may also come across references to other artists if there was/is question of collaboration without a joint name. This is the case, for instance, with artists who rendered parts of works by other artists (such as with P.P Rubens and J. Brueghel I).

Seiter, Daniel

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Turijn 1675
Palermo (stad) 1713 - 1714
Messina (stad) 1713 - 1714
Sicilië (eiland, regio) 1713 - 1720
Sardinië (eiland, regio) 1720 - 1730

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Literature

Houbraken 1718-1721 , vol. 3 (1721), p. 232-233 (as: de Hartog van Savojen)
Turner et al. 1996 , vol. 28 (1996), p. 15-17 (as: Savoy, Victor Amadeus II, King of Sardinia, 15th Duke of Savoy and King of Sicily)
Horn/Van Leeuwen 2021 [Houbraken Translated]

Project: Gerson Digital : Italy

External links: this patron in Treccani

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Creation date: 2012-05-08; Last modified date: 2023-05-16

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