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ERNST WILHELM RIETSCHEL (GERMAN, 1824-1860)
Lot 138

ERNST WILHELM RIETSCHEL (GERMAN, 1824-1860)

Closed27 November 2013

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ERNST WILHELM RIETSCHEL (GERMAN, 1824-1860)
Otto I (1815-1867), Prince of Bavaria and King of Greece 1832-1862, in national Greek dress, wearing the breast-star of the Royal Greek Order of the Redeemer
signed and dated 'Rietschel 1850' (lower left)
watercolour on paper
rectangular, 13.5/8 x 11¾ in. (348 x 296 mm.), gold painted wooden frame with two plaques: the first inscribed 'Aus dem Nachlass S. M. König Ludwig II v. Bayern'; the second, '"König Otto" 1850 von E. Rietschel'
A typed label on the reverse reads 'König Otto I. von Griechenland (geb. 1815, gest. / 1867) in griechischer Nationaltracht. / Zweiter Sohn König Ludwig I. von Bayern. König / von Griechenland 1833-1862. / Original-Aquarell aus dem Nachlass König Ludwig II. / von Bayern; gemalt von Ernst W. Rietschel (1824- / 1860).'

King Ludwig II of Bavaria (1845-1886).
Acquired in Bavaria in 1979 from a private Collection.

Specialist note

The sitter was the second son of King Ludwig I of Bavaria (see lot 131) and Therese of Saxe-Hildburghausen. He became the first modern King of Greece in 1832 under the Convention of London and reigned until his deposition in 1862. In 1836, he married Amalia of Oldenburg (1818-1875). Their marriage was childless.
A bust-length variant is illustrated in G. Biermann and Brinckmann, Die Miniaturen-Sammlung Seiner Königlichen Hoheit des Grossherzogs Ernst Ludwig von Hessen und bei Rhein, Leipzig, 1917, pl. 144, no. 450.