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Wilhelm Paetz (1800-56)
Bückeburg before 1845
Oil on canvas | 10.2 x 15.3 cm (support, canvas/panel/stretcher external) | RCIN 405087
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Wilhelm Paetz (1800-56) a portrait and landscape painter, was active in 1838, in Düsseldorf and later in Bückeburg, where he died on 29 June 1856.
Bückeburg, a town in Lower Saxony, was once the capital of the tiny principality of Schaumburg-Lippe. Although the princes surrendered political power in 1918, the Schloss is still the seat of the Schaumburg-Lippe family.Provenance
Painted for Queen Victoria, 1845; first recorded at Buckingham Palace, 1876
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Medium and techniques
Oil on canvas
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10.2 x 15.3 cm (support, canvas/panel/stretcher external)
18.3 x 23.3 x 5.1 cm (frame, external)
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View of Bückeburg
Buckeburg
