File:Michelin - Sophia, Electress of Hanover - Royal Collection.png
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editJean Michelin: Sophia, Electress of Hanover (1630-1714) ( ) | |||||||||||||||||||||
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Artist |
artist QS:P170,Q6171195 |
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Title |
Sophia, Electress of Hanover (1630-1714) |
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Description |
English: Portrait of Sophia of Hanover (1630-1714), wife of Ernest Augustus, Elector of Brunswick-Lüneburg (1629-1698). "This miniature of the Sophia, Electress of Hanover dates from c. 1670 and is rare example of the work of Jean Michelin, who is said to have been born in Langres, France, and died in Jersey. He became a member of the Académie Royale in 1668 and worked for the Hanoverian court from 1668 until 1686. The miniature features among a group of eighty-eight representing German and other families first recorded in Queen Caroline’s Closet at Kensington Palace in 1743." |
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Date |
circa 1670 date QS:P571,+1670-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902 |
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Medium | watercolor on vellum | ||||||||||||||||||||
Dimensions |
height: 7 cm (2.7 in); width: 5.5 cm (2.1 in) dimensions QS:P2048,7U174728 dimensions QS:P2049,5.5U174728 |
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Collection |
institution QS:P195,Q1459037 |
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Accession number |
RCIN 420627 |
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Object history | Provenance: ?First recorded by George Vertue in Queen Caroline's Closet at Kensington Palace in 1743 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Inscriptions | Inscribed in ink on the reverse: No. 34 Sophie Duchesse de Broun: et de Luneb: nee Princesse Palatine. | ||||||||||||||||||||
Source/Photographer | Royal Collection RCIN 420627 |
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current | 22:30, 22 May 2019 | 1,175 × 1,513 (4.98 MB) | Ecummenic (talk | contribs) | {{Information |description ={{en|1=Sophia, Electress of Hanover (1630-1714)}} |date ={{other date|c|1670}} |source ={{RCIN|420627}} |author =Jean Michelin (1623-1696) }} Category:Portrait paintings of Electress Sophia of Hannover Category:17th-century portrait paintings in the Royal Collection of the United Kingdom Category:18th-century portrait miniatures of women at half length |
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Horizontal resolution | 96 dpi |
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Vertical resolution | 96 dpi |
Color space | Uncalibrated |
Image width | 1,175 px |
Image height | 1,513 px |
Software used | Adobe Photoshop CC 2017 (Windows) |
Date and time of digitizing | 11:44, 22 May 2019 |
File change date and time | 12:23, 22 May 2019 |
Date metadata was last modified | 12:23, 22 May 2019 |
Unique ID of original document | xmp.did:45826d0a-d908-7d41-b5eb-742c83a3cc95 |