JOHANN-FRIEDRICH ARDIN (fl. c. 1700-1720)

Jan Wellem, Elector Palatine, facing right in gilt-studded armour, purple cloak over his left shoulder, frilled cravat, full bottomed powdered wig, wearing the chain of the Order of the Golden Fleece

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JOHANN-FRIEDRICH ARDIN (fl. c. 1700-1720)
Jan Wellem, Elector Palatine, facing right in gilt-studded armour, purple cloak over his left shoulder, frilled cravat, full bottomed powdered wig, wearing the chain of the Order of the Golden Fleece
enamel on copper
oval, 1 in. (32 mm.) high, gold frame with reeded border and foliate surmount

Provenance

Christie's, London, 21 November 1967, lot 12.
Frederick Joachim (1904-1994).

Lot Essay

Jan Wellem (1658-1716), Elector Palatine married Maria-Anna Josepha of Habsburg in 1678 and secondly in 1691, Maria-Anna-Luisa of Medici.
For another miniature of the sitter by Ardin, see K. E. Schaffers-Bodenhausen/M. E. Tiethoff-Spliethoff, The Portrait Miniatures in the Collections of The House of Orange-Nassau, Zwolle, 1993, p. 258, illustrated no. 283.

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