Lot Essay
After the circa 1747 picture held in the Glorup collection, Denmark (Carl Gustav Pilo I Danmark, exhibition catalogue, Nationalmuseum Stockholm, 1985, p. 38, no. 6). An autographed version of the picture on canvas, is in the Castle of Eutin, in the collection of the Dukes of Oldenburg (H. Börsch-Supan, Höfische Bildnisse des Spätbarock, exhibition catalogue, Schloss Charlottenburg, Berlin, 15 September-30 October 1966, p. 136, no. 50).
The sitter is the daughter of George II who married the King of Denmark, Friedrich V (1723-1766), in 1746.
The sitter is the daughter of George II who married the King of Denmark, Friedrich V (1723-1766), in 1746.