Crown Prince William of Württemberg (1781-1864), in red coat with silver-embroidered blue facings, silver epaulette, white waistcoat and black cravat, wearing the breast-star of the Royal Württemberg Order of the Golden Eagle

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JEAN-URBAIN GUÉRIN (FRENCH, 1760-1836)
Crown Prince William of Württemberg (1781-1864), in red coat with silver-embroidered blue facings, silver epaulette, white waistcoat and black cravat, wearing the breast-star of the Royal Württemberg Order of the Golden Eagle
signed 'J. Guerin. f.' (lower left)
rectangular, 2 11/16 x 2 1/16 in. (67 x 53 mm.), silver-gilt frame

Provenance

Royal Wurttembergian Court Art Dealer Fritz Hoffmeister, Stuttgart.
Thence by descent.

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Lot Essay

William, eldest son of Frederick I, King of Württemberg (see preceding lot) and his wife Augusta Caroline of Brunswick, married Charlotte of Bavaria on 8 June 1808, secondly in 1816, Grand Duchess Catherine Pavlovna Romanov and thirdly, Pauline of Württemberg (see lot 240) in 1820. For a later portrait of the same sitter, see lot 239.

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