Wilhelmina, Princess of Orange-Nassau (1774-1837), full face in blue dress with lace underslip and white sash, white bandeau in her powdered curling hair holding her son 'Guillot', the future King William II of the Netherlands (1792-1849) standing on a table, in white dress with pale blue sash and holding a flower; basket of pink roses and foliage, draped green curtain and interior background

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PIERRE LE SAGE (fl. c. 1763-1796)
Wilhelmina, Princess of Orange-Nassau (1774-1837), full face in blue dress with lace underslip and white sash, white bandeau in her powdered curling hair holding her son 'Guillot', the future King William II of the Netherlands (1792-1849) standing on a table, in white dress with pale blue sash and holding a flower; basket of pink roses and foliage, draped green curtain and interior background
signed and dated 'Le Sage 1794' (lower left)
3¼ in. (82 mm.) diam., bright-cut silver-gilt frame with blue silk reverse

Provenance

Purportedly Grand Duchess Sophie of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach (1824-1897), only daughter of King William II of the Netherlands.
German art trade.
Anonymous sale; Christie's, London, 3 June 1981, lot 127 (to Dreesmann).
Dr Anton C. R. Dreesmann (inventory no. F-127).

Literature

M. E. Tiethoff-Spliethoff, 'De miniatuurschilder Pierre Le Sage en het hof van Prins Willem V', Bulletin van het Rijksmuseum, 1988, no. 3, p. 223, illustrated fig. 13.

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Lot Essay

Wilhelmina ('Mimi'), third daughter of King Frederick William II of Prussia (by his second wife, Frederica of Hesse-Darmstadt) married Willem, Prince of Orange in 1791. They had four children, two daughters and two sons, the eldest of whom was Prince William. He succeeded to the throne as King William II on his father's abdication in 1840. He married the Grand Duchess Anna Pavlovna of Russia, a sister of Tsars Alexander I and Nicholas I, in 1816.
Marijke E. Tiethoff (supra) points out that the present miniature is the latest recorded work by Le Sage.

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