Lot Essay
The sitter is probably Christine Luise Princess of Öttingen (1671-1747), the wife of Duke Ludwig Rudolf of Brunswick (see lot 24).
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A princess, possibly the Duchess of Brunswick holding a coronet, full face in grey silk dress, ermine-bordered blue cloak pinned at corsage and draped around her shoulders, pearl pendant in her upswept powdered hair, seated on a red upholstered sofa, her right elbow resting on a table; interior background with orange drapery and tassel, window beyond
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GERMAN SCHOOL, CIRCA 1725
A princess, possibly the Duchess of Brunswick holding a coronet, full face in grey silk dress, ermine-bordered blue cloak pinned at corsage and draped around her shoulders, pearl pendant in her upswept powdered hair, seated on a red upholstered sofa, her right elbow resting on a table; interior background with orange drapery and tassel, window beyond
rectangular, 1 13/16 x 2½ in. (45 x 64 mm.), gilt-metal frame
A princess, possibly the Duchess of Brunswick holding a coronet, full face in grey silk dress, ermine-bordered blue cloak pinned at corsage and draped around her shoulders, pearl pendant in her upswept powdered hair, seated on a red upholstered sofa, her right elbow resting on a table; interior background with orange drapery and tassel, window beyond
rectangular, 1 13/16 x 2½ in. (45 x 64 mm.), gilt-metal frame
Exhibited
Hanover, Kestner-Gesellschaft, Bildnisminiaturen aus niedersächsischem Privatbesitz, 1918, no. 119 (lent by Dr. Leo Catzenstein, Hanover).
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