J. M. KHAETSCHER (FL. C. 1690-1715)
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J. M. KHAETSCHER (FL. C. 1690-1715)

Jan Wellem (1658-1716), Elector Palatine, facing left in gold-bordered damascened armour, embroidered lace collar, ermine-lined deep red cloak fastened with a jewelled clasp, wearing the jewel of the Order of the Golden Fleece, full-bottomed powdered wig

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J. M. KHAETSCHER (FL. C. 1690-1715)
Jan Wellem (1658-1716), Elector Palatine, facing left in gold-bordered damascened armour, embroidered lace collar, ermine-lined deep red cloak fastened with a jewelled clasp, wearing the jewel of the Order of the Golden Fleece, full-bottomed powdered wig
enamel on gold
oval, 1 in. (25 mm.) high, reeded gold bezel
Provenance
Frederick Joachim (1904-1994), London.

Lot Essay

Jan Wellem, Elector Palatine, married Maria-Anna Joseph of Habsburg in 1678 and secondly, in 1691, Maria-Anna Luisa of Medici.
Another miniature depicting the sitter by Khaetscher is illustrated in Karen E. Schaffers-Bodenhausen and Marieke E. Tiethoff-Spliethoff, The Portrait Miniatures in the Collections of the House of Nassau-Orange, Zwolle, 1993, p. 258, no. 282; see also R. Keil, Die Porträtminiaturen des Hauses Habsburg, Vienna, 1999, p. 190, no. 411.

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