Lot 11
11
After Antoine Pesne
After Antoine Pesne

Portrait of Friedrich, Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin (1717-1785), called Friedrich der Fromme, standing half length by a column, wearing armour suit with lace chemise and an ermine-lined red cape, a landscape beyond

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After Antoine Pesne
Portrait of Friedrich, Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin (1717-1785), called Friedrich der Fromme, standing half length by a column, wearing armour suit with lace chemise and an ermine-lined red cape, a landscape beyond
with the inventory numbers 4772 (in blue) and 776 (in red and in black) on the stretcher
oil on canvas
111.9 x 104.1 cm
Literature
G. Poensgen (ed.), Antoine Pesne, 1958, p.127, n0113C.
Exhibited
Schwerin, 1954, n0317b.

Lot Essay

The original, signed and dated 1739, on canvas, 141 x 106.5 cm, is in the Staatliches Museum Schwerin (G. Poensgen, op. cit., pp.126/7, n0113A, fig.93). Poensgen records three other copies, all in the Staatliches Museum Schwerin (op. cit., pp.126/7, n0S113B, 113D and 113E).

For information on the sitter see the note to lot 14.

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