Live Auction 1162Centuries of Style, Silver, European Ceramics, Portrait Miniatures and Gold Boxes
ANTON FRIEDRICH KÖNIG (GERMAN, 1722-1787)
Lot 186

ANTON FRIEDRICH KÖNIG (GERMAN, 1722-1787)

Closed27 November 2013

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GBP 15,000

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ANTON FRIEDRICH KÖNIG (GERMAN, 1722-1787)
Elisabeth Christina of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel-Bevern (1715-1797), Queen Consort of Frederick the Great, in silver silk dress embroidered with roses with gold brocade detailing, trimmed at the sleeves and décolletage with wide bands of lace, holding a closed fan in her right hand, wearing a gem-set choker in the shape of a bow, pearl earring, her powdered upswept hair dressed in curls and adorned with a black ostrich feather; to her right a diamond-set crown on a red velvet cushion, next to an ermine-lined red velvet cloak, brown curtain
on ivory
oval, 4.5/8 in. (118 mm.) high, silver frame marked 'V.H.' and '826S', with paste surround, and tied ribbon surmount

Galerie Charpentier, Paris, 19-20 December 1949, lot 56.

Specialist note

The sitter was the daughter of Duke Ferdinand Albert II and Duchess Antoinette of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel. In 1733, she married Crown Prince Frederick of Prussia, later Frederick the Great (see lots 185 and 187). Their marriage was arranged by their respective parents and was unhappy from the beginning. They lived separately for most of their lives, often not seeing one another for years and only meeting at large family reunions.