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Johann Heinrich Ludwig Möller (1814-1885)
Caroline Matilda (1751-1775) Queen of Denmark Signed and dated 1848
Watercolour on ivory laid on card | 5.7 x 4.2 cm (support, canvas/panel/stretcher external) | RCIN 420248
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Möller's miniature is based on a drawing of Queen Caroline Matilda in ink on paper by Peder Als (1725/6 – 76) in the Fredericksborg Museum (no. 2668).
Caroline Matilda, Queen of Denmark (1751 – 75), youngest child of Frederick Louis, Prince of Wales, and Augusta of Saxe-Gotha, and sister of King George III, married, in 1766, Christian VII, King of Denmark. The marriage failed and she was arrested and imprisoned for adultery, dying in exile in Celle, Hanover, in 1775.
Signed along the right-hand edge in black paint: Johannes. Möller. pinx: and signed and dated on the backing card in ink: peint par / [Johannes] Möller / [Peintre] du Roi / Copenhague / 1848.Provenance
First recorded in the Royal Collection during the reign of Queen Victoria
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Creator(s)
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Medium and techniques
Watercolour on ivory laid on card
Measurements
5.7 x 4.2 cm (support, canvas/panel/stretcher external)
6.9 x 5.4 cm (frame, external)
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