Duke Ludwig Rudolf of Brunswick (1671-1735), facing right in gilt-studded armour, ermine-bordered red cloak draped across his shoulders, full bottomed powdered wig tied at ends; interior background with orange drapery and window with trees and blue sky beyond

细节

S. HAUSCHKA, CIRCA 1725/1730
Duke Ludwig Rudolf of Brunswick (1671-1735), facing right in gilt-studded armour, ermine-bordered red cloak draped across his shoulders, full bottomed powdered wig tied at ends; interior background with orange drapery and window with trees and blue sky beyond
signed 'S: Hauschka Pinx' (lower right)
on vellum
rectangular with cut corners, 1¾ x 2½ in. (45 x 64 mm.), rectangular gilt-metal frame

出版

E. Lemberger, Die Bildnis-Miniatur in Deutschland von 1550 bis 1850, Munich, 1909, pp. 235, 351, illustrated p. 235 no. 195 (sitter unidentified, as property of Dr Leo Catzenstein).
U. Thieme/F. Becker, Allgemeines Lexikon der bildenden Künstler, Leipzig, 1923, vol. 16, p. 138.

展览

Hanover, Kestner-Gesellschaft, Bildnisminiaturen aus niedersächsischem Privatbesitz, 1918, no. 72 (lent by Dr. Leo Catzenstein, Hanover).

注意事项

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拍品专文

Ludwig Rudolf (1671-1735) was the youngest son of the famous Duke Anton Ulrich of Brunswick and ruled in Wolfenbüttel from 1731 to 1735. In 1690, he was married to Christine-Luise Princess of Öttingen. For three of his four daughters he arranged brilliant diplomatic marriages: one was married to the future Holy Roman Emperor Charles VI and thus became the mother of Empress Maria-Theresia, one married the less fortunate Tsarevich Alexis of Russia, and one was married to her cousin the Duke of Brunswick and Lüneburg.