The Vision of Aso O. Tavitian | The Online Sale
The Vision of Aso O. Tavitian | The Online Sale
Friedrich Johan Gottlieb Lieder
Portrait of Prince William of Prussia (1797-1888)
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Lot closes
February 11, 06:41 PM GMT
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2,000 - 3,000 USD
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Description
watercolour over pencil, heightened with bodycolour on paper; ormolu mount;
signed and dated centre right: Lieder / Ã Vienne / 1815
4 ⅞ in.
12.4 cm
With Gertrud Rudigier, Munich, by 1994;
Christie's London, 2 December 2015, lot 447;
Where acquired by Aso O. Tavitian.
Handelsblatt (25-26 November 1994) no. 228, p. G1, illustrated in colour
The sitter was the son of King Frederick William II of Prussia and Frederika Louisa of Hesse-Darmstadt. He is wearing the breast-star of the Royal Prussian Order of the Black Eagle associated with the Royal Swedish Order of the Sword, the cross of the Imperial Austrian Order of Maria Theresa and the Royal Prussian Military Medal of 1813/1814, the badges of the Royal Prussian Order of the Iron Cross and of the Imperial Russian Military Order of St George.