797
A wall mirror, D. João V /D. José I
Estimate €400–600
796
Coat of arms
Estimate €600–800
Description
Oil on canvas.
Spanish school, 18th/19th century.
Alliance coat of arms of the Fernández de Córdoba and Álvarez de las Asturias-Bohórquez families, surmounted by a marquess's coronet and surrounded by a military trophy composed of standards, lances, a helmet, a cannon and drums.
The arms of the Fernández de Córdoba include the representation of Boabdil and the standards captured at the Battle of Lucena (1483), whilst those of the Álvarez de las Asturias-Bohórquez display a bend voided of dragons, a blue bordure with two fleurs-de-lis and the Pillars of Hercules.
Possibly related to the House of the Marquesses of Povar.
(restorations, losses and defects in the paint layer)
110x88 cm
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