After Johan Heinrich Franke (1738-1792)

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After Johan Heinrich Franke (1738-1792)

Portrait of Frederick II, the Great of Prussia (1712-1786), half length, in uniform, doffing his hat

oil on canvas
88.5 x 71.5 cm

Provenance

(Probably) W. Zorer; Sale, H.W. Lange Berlin, 5 April 1940, lot 28, with ill.

Lot Essay

The prototype is described in Thieme/Becker, XII, 1916, p. 347; no doubt several versions were executed. The composition was also engraved by, among others, Johann Friedrich Bause. That engraving is dated 1764

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