Follower of François de Troy

Portrait of Friedrich Wilhelm, Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin (1675-1713), small half length, wearing armour with lace chemise and blue sash, in a painted oval; and Portrait of Isabella Angelika, Duchess of Mecklenburg-Schwerin, née Von Montmorency-Bouteville (1626-1695), small half length, wearing a gold embroidered dark blue dress with lace chemise, in a painted oval

Details

Follower of François de Troy
Portrait of Friedrich Wilhelm, Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin (1675-1713), small half length, wearing armour with lace chemise and blue sash, in a painted oval; and Portrait of Isabella Angelika, Duchess of Mecklenburg-Schwerin, née Von Montmorency-Bouteville (1626-1695), small half length, wearing a gold embroidered dark blue dress with lace chemise, in a painted oval
the first with the crowned inventory number 421 on a label on the stretcher and with the inventory numbers 1184 (twice in blue) and 4760 (in blue) on the stretcher and on the frame; the second with the crowned inventory number 422 on a label on the stretcher and with the inventory numbers 972 (in blue) and 4761 (in black) on the stretcher
oil on canvas, the second unframed
31.2 x 28.1 cm; and 33.6 x 29.1 cm (2)

Exhibited

Schwerin, 1954, n0S389/90, where the sitter in the second portrait was erroneously identified as Sophie Charlotte, Duchess of Mecklenburg-Schwerin, née Von Hessel-Kassel (1678-1749), thus leading to the false conclusion that the portraits are to be considered pendants.

Lot Essay

For information on the first sitter, see the note to lot 6.
Isabella Angelika was the second wife of Christian Ludwig I, Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin (1623-1692), whom she married in 1664. Another portrait of her, by an unknown French artist, circa 1670, is in the Castle Schwerin (E. & J. Borchardt, Mecklenburgs Herzöge, 1991, p.75, ill.). The second picture is possibly after a lost original by De Troy, of which the pendant might have been the portrait in the Nationalmuseum, Stockholm.

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