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Property from the Schminck Collection – Centuries of Collecting Arts & Objects
Johann Friedrich August Tischbein
Portrait of Princess Wilhelmine of Prussia (1751–1820), consort of William V, Prince of Orange, in profile | Porträt der Prinzessin Wilhelmine von Preußen, Gattin des Prinzen Wilhelm V von Oranien, in Profilansicht
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October 18, 02:26 PM GMT
Estimate
4,000 - 6,000 EUR
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Property from the Schminck Collection – Centuries of Collecting Arts & Objects
Johann Friedrich August Tischbein
Maastricht 1750–1812 Heidelberg
Portrait of Princess Wilhelmine of Prussia (1751–1820), consort of William V, Prince of Orange, in profile
oil on canvas
unframed: 27 x 21.4 cm.; 10⅝ x 8½ in.
framed: 34.6 x 28.9 cm. 13⅝ x 11⅜ in.
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Johann Heinrich Tischbein
Hayna 1722–1789 Kassel
Porträt der Prinzessin Wilhelmine von Preußen, Gattin des Prinzen Wilhelm V von Oranien, in Profilansicht
Gustav von Klemperer (1852–1926);
Thence by descent to his son, Victor von Klemperer (1876–1943), Dresden, until 1937;
Anonymous sale, Berlin, Walter Achenbach, 30 April 1937 (where unsold);
Dr. jur. Wilhelm Mielck, May 1942;
Dresden State Painting Collection, October 1943;
Staatliche Kunstsammlungen, Schloss Pillnitz, Dresden (as Johann Heinrich Tischbein, inv. no. S181);
Restituted to the heirs of Viktor von Klemperer, 1991;
Anonymous sale, London, Sotheby’s, 30 October 1991, lot 97 (as Johann Anton Tischbein);
Where acquired.
Friederike Sophie Wilhelmine from the House of Hohenzollern was born in 1751 to Prince Augustus William of Prussia and Duchess Luise of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel. In 1767, at the age of 16, Wilhelmine married William V of Orange. With this marriage, the powerful and politically ambitious Wilhelmina became Princess consort, a position she held for several decades.