Caption

Frederick William I of Prussia? 1688–1740, unknown artist, amateur painter. Portrait, waist-length, left; men's portrait waist-length, left. Subject: middle-aged man wearing a long white wig with curls parted in the middle; sapphire coat lined with white fur, white embroidered vest, white shirt; silver star of an order on a red ribbon. Style: foreign miniature, half-length, almost straight pose. Background: brown. Inscription/marks: orders. Provenance note: repossession Jelenia Góra. Object: miniature, tortoiseshell binding rim profiled, narrow, dated circa 1770. Dimensions: height 7.8 cm, width 6.3 cm., A framed portrait of a person with pale skin and a large powdered wig, wearing dark clothing with a red sash draped across the chest and a light-colored fur or fabric over one shoulder; the figure's hands are visible at the lower edge of the portrait. The rectangular frame is dark brown with some worn areas and small scratches, and a metallic hanger with a small oval plate is attached at the top. The background behind the figure is dark, and visible colors include white, pale skin tones, dark brown, red, blue, gold, and metallic gold on the hanger.

Credit line

Photo12/Liszt Collection

Reference

LZT26A17_159

License type

Rights managed

Available size

48.8Mb (3.1Mb) / 12.0in x 15.8in / 3604 x 4730 (300dpi)

Keywords

Frederick William I Prussia 1688–1740 unknown artist amateur painter Portrait waist-length left men's portrait waist-length Subject middle-aged man wearing long white wig curls parted middle sapphire coat lined white fur white embroidered vest white shirt silver star order red ribbon Style foreign miniature half-length almost straight pose Background brown Inscription marks orders Provenance note repossession Jelenia Góra Object miniature tortoiseshell binding rim profiled narrow dated circa 1770 Dimensions height 7.8 cm width 6.3 cm framed portrait person pale skin large powdered wig wearing dark clothing red sash draped across chest light-colored fur fabric shoulder figure's hands visible lower edge portrait rectangular frame dark brown worn areas small scratches metallic hanger small oval plate attached top background figure visible colors include pale skin tones red blue gold metallic gold hanger.