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Noble & Private Collections
Property of Duchess Marie von Württemberg, née Princess zu Wied (b. 1973)
Ernst Gebauer
Portrait of Frederick William III, King of Prussia (1770-1840) with the Kreuzberg monument and a view of Berlin beyond | Porträt Friedrich Wilhelms III., König von Preußen (1770–1840) vor dem Kreuzbergdenkmal, mit Blick auf Berlin
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October 18, 01:13 PM GMT
Estimate
5,000 - 7,000 EUR
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Property of Duchess Marie von Württemberg, née Princess zu Wied (b. 1973)
Ernst Gebauer
Lietzen 1782–1865
Portrait of Frederick William III, King of Prussia (1770-1840) with the Kreuzberg monument and a view of Berlin beyond
signed and dated lower right: E. Gebauer 1823
oil on canvas
unframed: 83 x 62.9 cm.; 32¾ x 24¾ in.
framed: 102.9 x 83.2 cm.; 40½ x 32¾ in.
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Ernst Gebauer
Lietzen 1782–1865
Porträt Friedrich Wilhelms III., König von Preußen (1770–1840) vor dem Kreuzbergdenkmal, mit Blick auf Berlin
Princess Pauline Olga Helene Emma zu Wied, née Württemberg (1877–1965), daughter of King William II of Württemberg and Princess Marie of Waldeck and Pyrmont, and spouse of Prince William Frederick zu Wied;
Thence by descent to Duchess Marie von Württemberg.
Frederick William III of Prussia, is shown here half-length before the Prussian National Monument for the Liberation Wars, which he commissioned in 1821. The cast-iron monument was built atop the Kreuzberg hill in Berlin, a view of which appears in the distance. A lithograph of this composition was printed by Franz Kruger in 1825.1 Ernst Gebauer's full-length portrait of Frederick William III, dated 1829, is today in the Stadtmuseum, Berlin.2
1 For example, British Museum, London, inv. no. 1865,0708.679.
2 Inv. no. GM65/8.Oil on canvas, 89 x 64 cm.