After Carl Gustav Pilo

Portrait of Louisa, Queen of Denmark (1724-1751) half length on a terrace by a draped curtain, wearing a gold embroidered white silk dress set with precious stones and pearls, an ermine-lined red cape and pearl earrings and headdress, the crown on a cushion in front of her

Details

After Carl Gustav Pilo
Portrait of Louisa, Queen of Denmark (1724-1751) half length on a terrace by a draped curtain, wearing a gold embroidered white silk dress set with precious stones and pearls, an ermine-lined red cape and pearl earrings and headdress, the crown on a cushion in front of her
with the crowned inventory number 159 on a label on the stretcher and with the inventory numbers 1501 (in red) and 4712 (in blue) on the stretcher
oil on canvas, unframed
132.3 x 105.5 cm
and Portrait of Sophie Friederike of Denmark, née Princess of Mecklenburg-Schwerin (1758-1794), pastel on vellum, oval, by an unknown German 18th Century hand (2)

Exhibited

Schwerin, 1954, n0424, as portrait of an unknown Queen and where dated to circa 1740/50.

Lot Essay

The original of circa 1747 and it's pendant, on canvas, 150 x 115 cm, are in the Glorup collection, Denmark (Carl Gustav Pilo I Danmark, exhibition catalogue, Nationalmuseum Stockholm, 1985, p. 38, no6, ill.). An autograph version of the picture, on canvas, 144 x 108 cm, is in the Castle of Eutin, in the collection of the Dukes of Oldenburg (H. Börsch-Supan, Höfische Bildnisse des Spätbarock, exhibition catalogue, Schloss Charlottenburg, Berlin, 15 September - 30 October 1966, p. 136,no50, ill.)

The sitter, daughter of George II, King of England, married Friedrich V, King of Denmark (1723-1766) in 1746.

See colour illustration of one

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