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Lot Essay
This portrait depicts the wife of King Frederick V, and was taken from an engraving of 1748 by Johann Martin Preissler, which in turn was after a painting by Carl Gustave Pilo (1712-92), a historical artist who painted most royal families of northern Europe.
This portrait is considered by many to represent Queen Louise, first wife of King Frederick V; he married his second wife in 1752, so assuming this attribution is correct, a date of circa 1750 would appear appropriate. See Hervouët and Bruneau, La Porcelaine des Compagnies des Indes à Décor Occidental, 1986, fig. 9.102, p. 228, for a plate from the collection of H. Danielsen, Copenhagen bearing this portrait. However, see Michel Beurdeley, Porcelain of the East India Companies, 1962, fig. 89, p. 129 for a similar plate in the Espirito Santo Collection, Lisbon, and a discussion on the identification of the portrait; Beurdely feels confident that the portrait depicted is that of the King's second wife, Juliana Maria, and suggests a date of circa 1760. A plate with this portrait sold in these Rooms, 19 November 1999, lot 367, together with one of King Frederick as lot 368.
This portrait is considered by many to represent Queen Louise, first wife of King Frederick V; he married his second wife in 1752, so assuming this attribution is correct, a date of circa 1750 would appear appropriate. See Hervouët and Bruneau, La Porcelaine des Compagnies des Indes à Décor Occidental, 1986, fig. 9.102, p. 228, for a plate from the collection of H. Danielsen, Copenhagen bearing this portrait. However, see Michel Beurdeley, Porcelain of the East India Companies, 1962, fig. 89, p. 129 for a similar plate in the Espirito Santo Collection, Lisbon, and a discussion on the identification of the portrait; Beurdely feels confident that the portrait depicted is that of the King's second wife, Juliana Maria, and suggests a date of circa 1760. A plate with this portrait sold in these Rooms, 19 November 1999, lot 367, together with one of King Frederick as lot 368.