Image: Museo di Capodimonte, Naples
Museo di Capodimonte has announced a new presentation of the Portantine of Ferdinand and Maria Carolina, placing the historic objects in Sala 37 alongside Angelica Kauffmann’s portrait of the family of Ferdinand IV.
The museum announced the display in a post published on 18 August 2026. The presentation is described as a dialogue between the two Portantine and Kauffmann’s family portrait, bringing the objects into direct visual relation with a work connected to the Bourbon court represented in the painting.
According to the announcement, the new arrangement allows visitors to examine the Portantine’s details and the refinement of their carving. No further information was provided about the objects’ makers, dates, materials or previous display history.
Angelica Kauffmann’s portrait is identified by the museum as a depiction of the family of Ferdinand IV. Kauffmann, an internationally prominent eighteenth-century painter, is represented in the Capodimonte presentation through this work, which now provides the pictorial setting for the Portantine of Ferdinand and Maria Carolina.
The announcement directs visitors to Sala 37 at Museo di Capodimonte in Italy. It does not specify an opening date, closing date or separate event programme, and the museum has not stated whether the new arrangement is temporary or permanent. The source also gives no additional details about visitor access or related activities.
