German School, circa 1755

Portrait of Ludwig, Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin (1725-1778), standing half length, wearing armour with lace chemise, gold embroidered red jacket and wig; and Portrait of Amalie, Princess of Mecklenburg-Schwerin (1732-1775), standing half length, wearing a gold embroidered blue dress with ermine-lined red cape, silver earrings and headdress and the sash and badge of the Russian order of Saint Anna (?)

細節

German School, circa 1755
Portrait of Ludwig, Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin (1725-1778), standing half length, wearing armour with lace chemise, gold embroidered red jacket and wig; and Portrait of Amalie, Princess of Mecklenburg-Schwerin (1732-1775), standing half length, wearing a gold embroidered blue dress with ermine-lined red cape, silver earrings and headdress and the sash and badge of the Russian order of Saint Anna (?)
the first with the crowned inventory number 437 on a label on the stretcher and with the inventory numbers 1477 (in red) and 4736 (in blue) on the stretcher and numbered n021 P. on the reverse of the unlined canvas; the second with the crowned inventory number 423 on a label on the stretcher and with the inventory numbers 1459 (in red) and 4737 (in blue) on the stretcher and numbered n021 P on the reverse of the unlined canvas
oil on unlined canvas, unframed
80.6 x 65.5 cm; and 81 x 65.8 cm (2)

展覽

Schwerin, 1954, n0446 (the first); and Schwerin, 1954, n0436 (the second).

拍品專文

The first is a version after the picture of 1753 by an unknown German hand in the Staatliches Museum Schwerin, inv. n0824 (Cat. Schwerin, 1954, n0445).

The sitters were the son and daughter of Christian Ludwig II, Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin (1683-1756) and Gustave Karoline, Duchess of Mecklenburg-Strelitz (1694-1748). Ludwig married Charlotte, Princess of Sachsen-Coburg-Saalfeld (1731-1810) on 14 May 1755. He was intended to succeed his brother Friedrich der Fromme, whose marriage had remained childless. However, he died in 1778; and thus his son Friedrich Franz I became the successor to the throne in 1785 (see for his portrait lot 28).
Amalie remained unmarried and entered the Cloisters of Herford.

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