Dom João, Príncipe Regente, Passando Revista às Tropas na Azambuja, 1803, Azambuja, Portugal (Dom João, Príncipe Regente, Passando Revista às Tropas na Azambuja) - Domingos Sequeira
Azambuja - Portugal
Palácio Nacional de Queluz, Queluz, Portugal
OST - 100x81 - 1803
The theme of
this painting is the military manoeuvres conducted at Campo do Quadro,
near Azambuja, towards the end of 1798. The Prince Regent is said
to have been delighted to watch these military exercises that took place close
to Lisbon and involved 6,700 soldiers commanded by the Lieutenant-General João
de Ordaz e Queirós, who is portrayed as the most advanced figure in the group
of three officers on horseback in the lower left corner of the painting.
There are
thirteen charcoal and chalk preparatory studies for this painting at the Museu
Nacional de Arte Antiga in Lisbon.
King João VI
(1767-1826), the third son of Queen Maria I and King Pedro III, was born in
Lisbon and married Princess Carlota Joaquina, the daughter of Carlos IV of
Spain, in 1785. On the death of his brother José, the Prince of Brazil, he
became the queen’s direct heir in 1788. From 1792 onwards, he was made Prince
Regent due to Queen Maria I’s incapacity for government. In 1818, he was
acclaimed king, two years after his mother’s death in Rio de Janeiro.
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