Lot Essay
Prince Louis-Ferdinand, a nephew of King Frederick II of Prussia, was born in 1772. A highly talented musician, composer and soldier, he was killed in 1806 during the war against the Napoleonic troops.
Louis-Ferdinand, Prince of Prussia, in profile to the left, in double-breasted blue uniform with gold-figured scarlet collar and black stock, decorated with the breast-stars of the Royal Prussian Orders of the Black Eagle and the Cross of the Teutonic Knights, curly brown hair and sideburns
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ATTRIBUTED TO JOHANN HEUSINGER, CIRCA 1806
Louis-Ferdinand, Prince of Prussia, in profile to the left, in double-breasted blue uniform with gold-figured scarlet collar and black stock, decorated with the breast-stars of the Royal Prussian Orders of the Black Eagle and the Cross of the Teutonic Knights, curly brown hair and sideburns
oval, 2 5/8in. (66mm.) high, brass frame, the reverse engraved with the sitter's name and dates
Louis-Ferdinand, Prince of Prussia, in profile to the left, in double-breasted blue uniform with gold-figured scarlet collar and black stock, decorated with the breast-stars of the Royal Prussian Orders of the Black Eagle and the Cross of the Teutonic Knights, curly brown hair and sideburns
oval, 2 5/8in. (66mm.) high, brass frame, the reverse engraved with the sitter's name and dates