A pair of miniatures said to depict Prince Henry Casimir II of Nassau-Dietz (1657-1696) and his wife Princess Henrietta Amalia of Anhalt-Dessau (1666-1726); he, facing right in gilt-studded armour, lace cravat, ermine-lined blue cloak draped over his left shoulder, the cross of the Order of the Teutonic Knights suspended from a ribbon about his neck, full bottomed powdered wig; sky background; and she, facing left in silver-embroidered dress with lace underdress, ermine-lined blue cloak draped over her shoulders and fastened with a string of pearls, jewel-set pendant in her long upswept hair falling over her right shoulder; large urn and sky background

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A pair of miniatures said to depict Prince Henry Casimir II of Nassau-Dietz (1657-1696) and his wife Princess Henrietta Amalia of Anhalt-Dessau (1666-1726); he, facing right in gilt-studded armour, lace cravat, ermine-lined blue cloak draped over his left shoulder, the cross of the Order of the Teutonic Knights suspended from a ribbon about his neck, full bottomed powdered wig; sky background; and she, facing left in silver-embroidered dress with lace underdress, ermine-lined blue cloak draped over her shoulders and fastened with a string of pearls, jewel-set pendant in her long upswept hair falling over her right shoulder; large urn and sky background
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octagonals, 2 11/16 x 2 1/16 in. (68 x 53 mm.), wood mounts partly covered with silver within tortoiseshell surrounds and shaped wood frames with gilt-metal foliate cresting, the reverses with handwritten old identification inscriptions (2)

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Lot Essay

Prince Henry Casimir II was the high-master commander of the Teutonic Order for the bailiwick of Utrecht.
Compare with two other portraits in the Rijksmuseum, illustrated in P. J. J. Thiel et al., All the paintings of the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam. A complete illustrated catalogue, Amsterdam, 1976, pp. 754, 783.
For a miniature of their grandson, William IV Prince of Orange-Nassau, see lot 35.

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