"Louisa Ulrika Queen Of Sweden1751-1771 Circle Of Martin Van Meytens 18th Oil Paintings & Royal Portraits"
Portrait of a noblewoman carrying on her chest the miniature of the Empress Anna I of Russia

• Seller: Historic Antique Paintings

Description 18th Century Royal Oil Portrait on canvas Of Louisa Ulrika Queen Of Sweden ( born 1720-died 1782 ) - CIRCLE OF Artist Martin van Meytens II [ The Younger ]. - A very good quality portrait depicting her majesty wearing a lace trimmed scarlet red dress with an ermine mantle, and miniature portrait pinned to her dress by a blue bow. - She has diamond jewels and flowers in her hair. Depicted in the miniature is Queen Ulrika Eleonora of Denmark. - She was the youngest child of King Charles XI and Ulrika Eleonora of Denmark and named after her mother. After the death of her brother King Charles XII in 1718, she claimed the throne. - ABOUT SITTER Louisa Ulrika of Prussia was born on 24 July 1720 as the daughter of Frederick William I of Prussia and his wife Sophia Dorothea of Hanover. She was their tenth child. At the age of three, she was put in the care of a French governess by the name of Mademoiselle de Jeaucourt with her sister Sophie. Her interests were literature, science, architecture, music, politics and fashion. - Her first child was a stillborn son in 1745. Three more sons followed in 1746, 1748 and 1750. In 1753, the couple’s only daughter was born. - She became Queen consort in March 1751 upon the death of King Frederick I. She and her husband were crowned together, and both swore to reject, “arbitrary and despotic powers.” It wasn’t long before Louisa Ulrika was fretting about the limitations imposed on the royal authority in Sweden.5 She formed a court party around aristocrats and young officers to restore the royal authority, - LOUISA ULRIKA 1720-1782 Queen consort of Sweden Reign 25 March 1751 – 12 February 1771 Coronation 26 November 1751 Born 24 July 1720 Berlin, Kingdom of Prussia Died 16 July 1782 (aged 61) Svartsjö, Sweden Burial Riddarholmen Church Spouse Adolf Frederick, King of Sweden ??(m. 1744 died 1771)? Gustav III, King of Sweden Charles XIII, King of Sweden Frederick Adolf, Duke of Östergötland Sophia Albertina, Abbess of Quedlinburg House Hohenzollern Father Frederick William I, King in Prussia Mother Sophia Dorothea of Hanover - ABOUT THE ARTIST Martin van Meytens [ Circle Of ] (24 June 1695 – 23 March 1770) was a Swedish-Austrian painter who painted members of the Royal Court of Austria such as Marie Antoinette, Maria Theresa of Austria, Francis I, Holy Roman Emperor, the Emperor's family and many Royals and members of the aristocracy. - Meytens was one of the most significant Austrian painters of representative Baroque courtly portrait, and through his pupils and followers his influence remained alive and widespread for a long time throughout the whole Empire. His personal virtues, varied interests, erudition and pleasant manners were highly appreciated by his contemporaries. - The cameo on the chest was a typical trade mark of the artist.

- DATELINE The estimated dateline is around circa 1750 ( Mid 18th Century ) - CONDITION Extensively restored and maintained throughout its lifetime. - FRAMED MEASUREMENTS Height = 98 cm (38.6") Width = 88.2 cm (34.7")