Princess Victoria, Duchess of Kent (1786-1861)
A Classical Landscape with Figures Inscribed 1816
Oil on canvas | 72.1 x 88.2 cm (support, canvas/panel/stretcher external) | RCIN 404026
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Victoria, Princess of Leiningen married Edward, Duke of Kent in 1818 and her daughter Victoria, the future Queen Victoria, was born in 1819. This painting and another classical landscape by the same artist (RCIN 400542) may not be original compositions but copies of works by a professional artist such as Philip Hackert.
Inscribed on the back: Victoire F?rstin zu Leiningen / 1816.Provenance
Given to Queen Victoria by the King of the Belgians, the artist’s brother, in 1836; recorded in Visitors' Waiting Room (Room no 244) at Windsor Castle in 1878
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Medium and techniques
Oil on canvas
Measurements
72.1 x 88.2 cm (support, canvas/panel/stretcher external)
86.0 x 102.5 x 6.4 cm (frame, external)
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