Lot 828
828
Georg David Matthieu (Berlin 1737-1776 Ludwigslust)
Studio of Antoine Pesne (Paris 1683-1757 Berlin)

Portrait of Friedrich, Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin (1717-1785), called Friedrick der Fromme, half-length, in armour and an ermine-lined red cloak, standing near a column in a landscape

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Studio of Antoine Pesne (Paris 1683-1757 Berlin)
Portrait of Friedrich, Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin (1717-1785), called Friedrick der Fromme, half-length, in armour and an ermine-lined red cloak, standing near a column in a landscape
oil on canvas
111.9 x 104.5 cm.
Provenance
Anonymous sale; Christie's Amsterdam, 24 March 1999, lot 11, as after Antoine Pesne.
Literature
G. Poensgen (ed.), Antoine Pesne, Berlin, 1958, p. 127, no. 113c.
Exhibited
Schwerin, 1954, no. 317b (according to G. Poensgen op.cit)

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Lot Essay

The present portrait is possibly a studio version of the signed and dated painting by Antoine Pesne of 1739 in the Staatliches Museum, Schwerin. Poensgen records three other copies, all in the Staatliches Museum Schwerin (op.cit., nos. 113b, 113d and 113e).

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