Copy after Johann Baptist Lampi the Elder (1751-1830)
Stanislaus, King of Poland (1732-1798) c.1780-1800
Oil on canvas | 71.3 x 57.0 cm (support, canvas/panel/stretcher external) | RCIN 406081
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This is an indifferent adaptation, with some variations in the costume, of the c.1788 oval portrait of Stanislaus Poniatowski by Johann Baptist Lampi in the Hermitage.
The last King of Poland is wearing a plum-coloured velvet coat with a lace cravat, a broad blue riband, the Prussian Order of the Black Eagle and the Polish Order of the White Eagle.Provenance
Acquired by George IV from Colnaghi's in 1819; added to the Carlton House inventory dated 1819 (no 555); taken to Hampton Court and listed there in the Portrait Gallery in 1861 (no 895)
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Creator(s)
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Medium and techniques
Oil on canvas
Measurements
71.3 x 57.0 cm (support, canvas/panel/stretcher external)
90.5 x 79.5 x 8.0 cm (frame, external)
Alternative title(s)
Stanislaw II Augustus, King of Poland (1732-1798)
