Portrait of Emmanuel Philibert, Duke of Savoy

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Emmanuel Philibert (Italian Emanuele Filiberto; 1528-1580)was the duke of Savoy. He recovered most of the lands his father Charles III had lost to France and Spain. A skilled soldier and a wily diplomat, he was also an able administrator who restored economic equilibrium to Savoy while freeing it from foreign occupation.

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Portrait of Emmanuel Philibert, Duke of Savoy

About the Artist

Giacomo Vighi

1510 – 1573

Italian painter, also called Jacopo d'Argenta. He was born in Argenta, near Ferrara. He is said to have painted a loggetta in the tower of Santa Caterina in the Castello di Ferrara, depicting the then princes and princesses of the House of Este. In Turin, he became the official portrait painter of the House of Savoy and traveled to France, Spain, Bohemia, and Saxony in this role. He was commissioned by Emmanuel Philibert, Duke of Savoy, as a buyer for artworks for the Savoy Palaces. Two of his portraits, Emmanuel Philibert and Carlo Emmanuele I, remain in the Galleria Sabauda.

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