Princess Frederica of Prussia, Margravine of Brandenburg-Ansbach (1714-1784) c.1740
Oil on canvas | 278.5 x 169.0 cm (support, canvas/panel/stretcher external) | RCIN 406794
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Charles, Margrave of Brandenburg-Ansbach, was Queen’s Caroline’s nephew; he inherited from his father in 1723 and married the daughter of Frederick William I of Prussia in 1729, George I's granddaughter. This unhappy marriage produced one surviving child.
This is one of a pair of full-length portraits of husband and wife (RCIN 406794-5), identically framed. The Margravine appears here with an infant, either her firstborn Charles (1733-7) or her longer-lived second son, Alexander (1736-1806). This dates the pair to c. 1734 or 1737.
Provenance
First recorded as one of a pair in the King's Gallery at Kensington Palace in 1790 (nos 7 & 18); still hanging here in 1818 (nos 316 & 327)
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Creator(s)
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Medium and techniques
Oil on canvas
Measurements
278.5 x 169.0 cm (support, canvas/panel/stretcher external)
303.5 x 193.7 x 8.5 cm (frame, external)
Alternative title(s)
Princess Frederica of Prussia, Margravine of Brandenburg-Ansbach (1714-1784), and her son
