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German School, 17th century
Dorothea, Duchess of Brunswick-Lüneburg (1636-1689) c.1660
Watercolour on vellum | 7 x 5.7 cm (support, canvas/panel/stretcher external) | RCIN 420462
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Dorothea, daughter of Philip, Duke of Holstein-Glucksburg, married, in 1653, Christian Ludwig, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg (d. 1660), the eldest brother of Ernest Augustus, Elector of Hanover. In 1668, she married, as his second wife, Frederick William, Elector of Brandenburg.
Inscribed on the reverse: 'No 32 Benedicte Henriette Duchesse de Broun: et de Luneb: née Princes[...] Palatine'Provenance
First recorded in Queen Caroline's Closet at Kensington Palace by George Vertue in 1743
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Medium and techniques
Watercolour on vellum
Measurements
7 x 5.7 cm (support, canvas/panel/stretcher external)
8.2 x 6.8 cm (frame, external)
Category
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Other number(s)
Reynolds 1999 : Reynolds, G., 1999. The Sixteenth & Seventeenth Century Miniatures in the Collection of Her Majesty the Queen, London – Reynolds 1999 267Cust 1910 : Cust, L., 1910. Windsor Castle: Portrait Miniatures, London – Cust 1910 37/19Alternative title(s)
Dorothea of Holstein-Glucksburg, Duchess of Brunswick-Lüneburg (1636-1689)
