Hereditary Grand Duke Frederick-Lewis of Mecklenburg-Schwerin (1778-1819), facing right in red-bordered dark blue uniform with gold-embroidered red collar and gold epaulettes, powdered hair, wearing the blue moiré sash and the breast star of the Imperial Russian Order of St Andrew

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LOUIS-ANTOINE COLLAS (c. 1775 - after 1833)
Hereditary Grand Duke Frederick-Lewis of Mecklenburg-Schwerin (1778-1819), facing right in red-bordered dark blue uniform with gold-embroidered red collar and gold epaulettes, powdered hair, wearing the blue moiré sash and the breast star of the Imperial Russian Order of St Andrew
signed and dated 'Collas 1809' (lower right)
oval, 21/8 in. (53 mm.) high, rectangular gilt-metal frame, the outer border engraved with garlands and stars

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Lot Essay

Frederick-Lewis, son of Grand Duke Frederick Francis I and his wife Louise of Saxe-Coburg married Grand Duchess Helena Pavlona of Russia in 1799. He married secondly, Princess Caroline of Saxe-Weimar (d. 1816) and thirdly, in 1818 Princess Augusta Frederika of Hessen-Homburg who survived her husband. The present miniature was painted in Russia where Collas worked between 1803 and 1811. Another version of the present miniature was sold in our Geneva rooms, 15 November 1994, lot 128.

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