Lot Essay
The inscription on the label on the stretcher can not be correct, since no record of a Carl Ludwig of Württemberg of circa 1736 exists. For information on the sitter see the following lot.
Portrait of Carl Alexander, Duke of Wurttemberg (1684-1737), standing half length by a table with an ermine-lined red cape and a crown, wearing armour suit with lace chemise and gold embroidered blue waistcoat and wig, a sash and order, holding a bâton
Details
German School, circa 1736
Portrait of Carl Alexander, Duke of Wurttemberg (1684-1737), standing half length by a table with an ermine-lined red cape and a crown, wearing armour suit with lace chemise and gold embroidered blue waistcoat and wig, a sash and order, holding a bâton
with the crowned inventory number 636 on a label on the stretcher and with the inventory numbers 4677 (in blue) and 1514 (in red) on the stretcher and with a label erroneously identifying the sitter as Karl Ludwig, Duke of Württemberg (sic!) (+1736) on the reverse
oil on canvas
145.5 x 106.2 cm
Portrait of Carl Alexander, Duke of Wurttemberg (1684-1737), standing half length by a table with an ermine-lined red cape and a crown, wearing armour suit with lace chemise and gold embroidered blue waistcoat and wig, a sash and order, holding a bâton
with the crowned inventory number 636 on a label on the stretcher and with the inventory numbers 4677 (in blue) and 1514 (in red) on the stretcher and with a label erroneously identifying the sitter as Karl Ludwig, Duke of Württemberg (sic!) (+1736) on the reverse
oil on canvas
145.5 x 106.2 cm
Exhibited
Schwerin, 1954, n0409, as Carl Ludwig, Duke of Württemberg, and where dated to circa 1720.