Live Auction 2875European Noble and Private Collections
Studio of Antoine Pesne (Paris 1683-1757 Berlin)
Lot 828

Studio of Antoine Pesne (Paris 1683-1757 Berlin)

Portrait of Friedrich, Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin (1717-1785), called Friedrick der Fromme, half-length, in armour and an ermine-lined red cloak, standing near a column in a landscape

Closed14 December 2011

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EUR 7,500

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Studio of Antoine Pesne (Paris 1683-1757 Berlin)
Portrait of Friedrich, Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin (1717-1785), called Friedrick der Fromme, half-length, in armour and an ermine-lined red cloak, standing near a column in a landscape
oil on canvas
111.9 x 104.5 cm.

Anonymous sale; Christie's Amsterdam, 24 March 1999, lot 11, as after Antoine Pesne.

Specialist note

The present portrait is possibly a studio version of the signed and dated painting by Antoine Pesne of 1739 in the Staatliches Museum, Schwerin. Poensgen records three other copies, all in the Staatliches Museum Schwerin (op.cit., nos. 113b, 113d and 113e).