Stanislaus, King of Poland (1732-1798) c.1780-1800

Oil on canvas | 71.3 x 57.0 cm (support, canvas/panel/stretcher external) | RCIN 406081

Copy after Johann Baptist Lampi the Elder (1751-1830)

Copy after Johann Baptist Lampi the Elder (1751-1830)

Description

This is an indifferent adaptation, with some variations in the costume, of the c.1788 oval portrait of Stanislaus Poniatowski by Johann Baptist Lampi in the Hermitage.

The last King of Poland is wearing a plum-coloured velvet coat with a lace cravat, a broad blue riband, the Prussian Order of the Black Eagle and the Polish Order of the White Eagle.

Provenance

Acquired by George IV from Colnaghi's in 1819; added to the Carlton House inventory dated 1819 (no 555); taken to Hampton Court and listed there in the Portrait Gallery in 1861 (no 895)
People involved

Creator(s)

Copy after
Search the collection Johann Baptist Lampi the Elder (1751-1830)
(artist)

Search the collection Austrian School
(nationality)

Acquirer(s)

Search the collection View the person page George IV, King of the United Kingdom (1762-1830)

Subject(s)

Search the collection Stanisław II August, King of Poland (1732-1798)
Physical properties

Medium and techniques

Oil on canvas

oil paint, lined canvas

Measurements

71.3 x 57.0 cm (support, canvas/panel/stretcher external)

90.5 x 79.5 x 8.0 cm (frame, external)
Groupings
Category
Paintings
Object type(s)
visual works
paintings
Subject(s)
Places
Europe
Poland
Prussia
Genealogy and Heraldry
Orders (honour)
Order of the Black Eagle (Prussia)
Order of the White Eagle (Poland)
References

Alternative title(s)

Stanislaw II Augustus, King of Poland (1732-1798)

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