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ANTON FRIEDRICH KÖNIG (GERMAN, 1722-1787)
Lot 188

ANTON FRIEDRICH KÖNIG (GERMAN, 1722-1787)

Closed27 November 2013

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GBP 5,000

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ANTON FRIEDRICH KÖNIG (GERMAN, 1722-1787)
A Prussian Prince, possibly Frederick William II (1744-1797), King of Prussia 1786-1797, in blue coat with silver-embroidered pink facings, silvered breast-plate, grey sash tied around his waist, wearing the orange moiré sash and breast-star of the Royal Prussian Order of the Black Eagle, his left hand on his hip, his right resting on an ermine-lined red velvet cloak embroidered with coronet motifs next to a plumed helmet; a military camp in the distance
on ivory
rectangular, 3 x 3.3/8 in. (58 x 76 mm.), gilt-metal mount with scalloped sides and shell-shaped spandrels

Specialist note

Frederick William II was the son of Prince Augustus William of Prussia (the second son of King Frederick William I of Prussia) and Louise Amalie of Brunswick-Lüneburg. In 1765, he married Elisabeth Christine of Brunswick-Lüneburg, with whom he had one daughter. Their marriage was dissolved four years later. Frederick then married Frederica Louisa of Hesse-Darmstadt, with whom he had seven children, including Frederick William III (see lot 153) although he maintained relationships with numerous other women, including his official mistress Countess Wilhelmine von Lichtenau, with whom he had five children.