This room has undergone many changes with the succession of different dynasties on the throne of Naples. The Neoclassical style vault dates from 1818: the gold-stuccoed female figures represent the twelve Provinces of the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies; in the middle are the knightly orders of the Kingdom, as well as the symbols of Naples (the rampant horse) and Sicily (the trinacria, a head with three legs).
The red velvet canopy, protecting the space reserved for the king, dates to the eighteenth century. The current Empire-style throne was made in 1874, after the proclamation of the Kingdom of Italy; accordingly, the eagle on the backrest bears the coat of arms of the new ruling House of Savoy.
The portraits displayed on the walls range from the Bourbon dynasty to the kings and queens of Italy: among them are the groups of the Legation from Turkey (1741) and the Legation from Tripoli (1742), painted by Giuseppe Bonito on the occasion of the their visit to king Charles of Bourbon, and the full-length portrait of King Ferdinand I of the Two Sicilies by Vincenzo Camuccini (1819).
The four torchères imitating porphyry in the corners were produced by the French Sarreguemines workshop for Napoleon’s Grand Cabinet in the Quirinal palace in Rome; after the fall of the French Empire (1814) they were brought to Naples by king Joachim Murat.
