Frederick William III (1770-1840), King of Prussia 1797-1840, in dark blue coat with red piping, silver-embroidered red collar and silver epaulettes, black stock, wearing the badges of the Imperial Russian Order of St. George, the 1813 Iron Cross of Prussia, the Imperial Austrian Military Order of Maria Theresa, the Prussian 1813-1814 Medal and the breast-star of the Royal Prussian Order of the Black Eagle

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HEINRICH ABEL SEYFFERT (1768-1834)
Frederick William III (1770-1840), King of Prussia 1797-1840, in dark blue coat with red piping, silver-embroidered red collar and silver epaulettes, black stock, wearing the badges of the Imperial Russian Order of St. George, the 1813 Iron Cross of Prussia, the Imperial Austrian Military Order of Maria Theresa, the Prussian 1813-1814 Medal and the breast-star of the Royal Prussian Order of the Black Eagle
signed 'Seyffert' (lower right)
oval, 1 11/16 in. (43 mm.) high, gilt-metal mount

Provenance

Christie's, Geneva, 16 November 1993, lot 99.

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Lot Essay

Frederick William III, eldest son of King Frederick William II (see lot 86) and Frederica of Hesse-Darmstadt married Luise of Mecklenburg-Strelitz (1776-1810), the famous Königin Luise, in 1793 and secondly Augusta of Harrach, Princess of Liegnitz (1800-1873) in 1824. A miniature of his daughter Charlotte, future Tsarina, also by Seyffert, was sold in these rooms on 24 May 2000, lot 280.

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