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Jean Michelin  (1616–1670)  wikidata:Q6171195
 
Description French painter
brother of Jean Michelin (1623-1695)
Date of birth/death 1616 Edit this at Wikidata 16 March 1670 Edit this at Wikidata
Location of birth/death Langres Paris
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Paris (1660–1665); Paris (1680–1681); Hanover (1668–1680); Hanover (1686) Edit this at Wikidata
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artist QS:P170,Q6171195
Description
English: Portrait of Ernest Augustus, Elector of Brunswick-Lüneburg (1629-1698).
"Here the Elector is presented as a Roman commander, a manner in which the Dukes of the House of Brunswick often chose to be presented in large-scale portraits in oils."
Date circa 1670
date QS:P571,+1670-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902
Medium watercolor on vellum laid on card
Dimensions height: 7 cm (2.7 in); width: 5.8 cm (2.2 in)
dimensions QS:P2048,7U174728
dimensions QS:P2049,5.8U174728
institution QS:P195,Q1459037
Object history Provenance: First recorded by George Vertue in Queen Caroline's Closet at Kensington Palace in 1743
Inscriptions Inscribed on the gessoed back: No. 33. Ernest Auguste Duc de Broun: et de Lunebourg Eveque d'Osenbruck
Source/Photographer Royal Collection RCIN 420624

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