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Lot Essay
William I Frederick of Orange-Nassau (1772-1843), King of the Netherlands, son of William V and Frederica Wilhelmina of Prussia, married Princess Wilhelmina of Prussia in 1792 and secondly in 1841, Henriette d'Oultremont.
Autissier was born in Brittany and worked in Amsterdam from 1806 to 1809 and became Court Painter to Napoleon's brother, Louis Bonaparte, King of Holland. He succeeded in maintaining his position as Court Painter under William of Orange-Nassau, King of the Netherlands. Although Autissier is known to have painted several miniatures of King William I and to have shown them in several exhibitions: Brussels 1815, Amsterdam 1816 and Paris 1819, only four of these official portraits appear to have survived. Two of these miniatures are in the Royal Dutch Collection and one was last seen in an exhibition in Basel in 1912.
Autissier was born in Brittany and worked in Amsterdam from 1806 to 1809 and became Court Painter to Napoleon's brother, Louis Bonaparte, King of Holland. He succeeded in maintaining his position as Court Painter under William of Orange-Nassau, King of the Netherlands. Although Autissier is known to have painted several miniatures of King William I and to have shown them in several exhibitions: Brussels 1815, Amsterdam 1816 and Paris 1819, only four of these official portraits appear to have survived. Two of these miniatures are in the Royal Dutch Collection and one was last seen in an exhibition in Basel in 1912.