Pierre Le Sage (fl. 1763-1796)

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Pierre Le Sage (fl. 1763-1796)

Friederike Sophie Wilhelmine of Prussia, Princess of Orange-Nassau, facing left in white dress, wearing the sash of the Imperial Russian Order of St. Catherine, powdered curled hair

oval, 2in. (50mm.) high, gilt-metal frame with blue and white enamel band within split-pearl border, the reverse with seed pearl initials FSW on plaited hair

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Friederike Sophie Wilhelmine (1751-1820), daughter of Prince August Wilhelm of Prussia and his wife, née Luise Amalie of Brunswick-Wolffenbüttel. She was married to the Stadhouder Prince Willem V of Orange-Nassau in 1767.
For detailed information on the Court Miniaturist Le Sage see M. E. Tiethoff-Spliethoff, "De miniatuurschilder Pierre Le Sage en het hof van Prins Willem V", Bulletin van het Rijksmuseum, 3, 1988, pp. 216-224.
Four slightly earlier miniatures of the same sitter by Le Sage are illustrated in K. E. Schaffers-Bodenhausen and M. E. Tiethoff-Spliethoff, The Portrait Miniatures in the Collection of the House of Orange-Nassau, Zwolle, 1993, nos. 36-39.

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