Georg Lisiewski (1674-1750)

Portrait of Henriette Marie, Erbprinzessin of Württemberg, née Countess of Brandenburg-Schwedt (1702-1782) as a widow, seated three quarter length by a curtain in an interior, wearing a white brocade dress with lace chemise and an ermine-lined red cape, lace headdress, pearl earrings and diamond necklace, pointing at a pug dog on a bench beside her, the crown of Württemberg on a table nearby

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Georg Lisiewski (1674-1750)
Portrait of Henriette Marie, Erbprinzessin of Württemberg, née Countess of Brandenburg-Schwedt (1702-1782) as a widow, seated three quarter length by a curtain in an interior, wearing a white brocade dress with lace chemise and an ermine-lined red cape, lace headdress, pearl earrings and diamond necklace, pointing at a pug dog on a bench beside her, the crown of Württemberg on a table nearby
with inscription and the date Georg Lisiewsky pinxit/Anno 1747 on the reverse of the relined canvas and with the inventory numbers 769 (in red) and 4661 (twice in blue) on the stretcher
oil on canvas, unframed
142.2 x 105.7 cm

Exhibited

Schwerin, 1954, n0195.

Lot Essay

A version with minor changes, signed and dated 1745, is in the Staatliches Museum, Schwerin, inv. n04674 (exhibited Schwerin, 1954, n0194). Another version was offered at Fischer, Lucerne, Anon. Sale, 27 November 1961.

The sitter, daughter of Philipp Wilhelm, Markgraf of Brandenburg-Schwedt (1669-1711) and Johanna Charlotte, Princess of Anhalt-Dessau, married Friedrich Ludwig, Duke of Württemberg (1698-1731) on 8 December 1716.

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