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Elizabeth Sophia, Duchess of Saxe-Gotha (1619-1680)   (Wikidata search (Cirrus search) Wikidata query (SPARQL)  Create new Wikidata item based on this file)
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German School
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Description 17th-century portrait painting of women, with Not identified, Unspecified, Unmentioned, UnknownUnknown or AnonymousUnknown author artist, and missing year.
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Elizabeth Sophia, Duchess of Saxe-Gotha (1619-1680)
Description
English: Portrait of Princess Elisabeth Sophie of Saxe-Altenburg (1619-1680), wife of Ernest I, Duke of Saxe-Gotha (1601-1675).
"This is one of a group of nine oil miniatures by a variety of unknown hands dating from c. 1610-70, which are identified as members of one or other of the Saxon Duchies The group are mounted together in a nineteenth-century wooden mount and are believed to have been bought by Queen Victoria. They were first recorded in the Royal Collection in 1870. Elizabeth Sophia, daughter of John Philip, Duke of Saxe-Altenburg married, in 1636, Ernest the Holy, Duke of Saxe-Gotha. She became the mother of Frederick I, Duke of Saxe-Gotha (421620)."
Date circa 1640
date QS:P571,+1640-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902
Medium oil on copper
medium QS:P186,Q296955;P186,Q753,P518,Q861259
Dimensions height: 3.3 cm (1.2 in); width: 2.5 cm (0.9 in)
dimensions QS:P2048,3.3U174728
dimensions QS:P2049,2.5U174728
institution QS:P195,Q1459037
Object history Provenance: First recorded in the Royal Collection during the reign of Queen Victoria
Source/Photographer Royal Collection RCIN 421616

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