GERMAN SCHOOL, CIRCA 1790

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GERMAN SCHOOL, CIRCA 1790
Philippine, Duchess of Brunswick (1716-1801), in blue dress with lace-bordered fichu, pearl necklace, lace-bordered black scarf tied in a bow in her powdered dressed hair
silvered metal frame with pierced outer border set with four diamonds and surmounted by a star
oval, 1 15/16 in. (49 mm.) high
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Provenance

Christie's, Geneva, 18 May 1994, lot 325.

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Lot Essay

Philippine Charlotte of Prussia, sister of Frederick the Great, was married to Duke Charles of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel on 2 July 1733 and had thirteen children. This miniature is after the pastel by Schröder.

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