Francesco I di Borbone

Francesco di Borbone (1777-1830) was the son of Ferdinand IV, King of Naples and Queen Maria Caroline of Austria, sister of Marie Antoinette. Francesco became King of Naples in 1825. His oldest daughter was the firey Duchesse de Berry (1798-1870) painted in 1828. In 1790 at the request of the Queen, Vigée le Brun agreed to delay her departure from Naples in order to paint Prince Francesco and his three sisters Maria Theresa (soon to be Empress of Austria), Maria Louisa (later Grand Duchess of Tuscany) and Maria Christina (Later Queen of Sardinia).