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Carl Arnold Paulsen (active 1838-60)
Frederick IV, Duke of Saxe-Gotha and Altenburg (1774-1825) Signed and dated 1858
Watercolour on ivory laid on card | 7.5 x 5.7 cm (support, canvas/panel/stretcher external) | RCIN 420596
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Derived from the portrait by the Dresden artist Albert Schreuel (1773 – 1853) known from an oval line engraving by C. Bolt (609798; Royal Collection). Carl Paulsen was a Danish painter of portraits and genre scenes who also worked as a miniaturist and lithographer. He worked in Berlin, where he exhibited at the Berlin Academy from 1838 to 1860.
Frederick IV, third son of Ernest II, Duke of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg. He succeeded his brother Augustus (father of Prince Albert's mother, Louise) in 1822, but died unmarried in 1825.
Signed in pencil on the reverse: Gemalt v. Paulsen / Berlin 1858Provenance
Purchased by Prince Albert through Baron Stockmar in November 1858
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Medium and techniques
Watercolour on ivory laid on card
Measurements
7.5 x 5.7 cm (support, canvas/panel/stretcher external)
9.1 x 7.3 cm (frame, external)
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Friedrich IV, Duke of Saxe-Gotha & Altenburg (1774-1825)
