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German art: Theresa Natalia, Abbess of Gandersheim (1728-1778)   (Wikidata search (Cirrus search) Wikidata query (SPARQL)  Create new Wikidata item based on this file)
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German School   wikidata:Q3322735 s:nl:Hoofdportaal:Kunst/Duitsland
 
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art of Germany
Description German painter
UnknownUnknown German artist
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artist QS:P170,Q3322735
Unidentified painter  
 
Description 18th-century portrait painting of women, with Not identified, Unspecified, Unmentioned, UnknownUnknown or AnonymousUnknown author artist, and missing year.
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Theresa Natalia, Abbess of Gandersheim (1728-1778)
Description
English: Portrait of Therese of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel (1728-1778), daughter of Ferdinand Albert II, Duke of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel.

"Theresa Natalia (1728-78) is wearing the blue ribbon of the Order of Gandersheim, the cross of St Catherine, another cross and a blue jewelled crucifix at her waist. She was one of the daughters of Albrecht, Duke of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel. In 1767, she became Abbess of Gandersheim, Germany, a community of unmarried daughters from noble families, who were not under religious vows.

The inscription on the back of the miniature suggests this is a portrait of Sophia Antonia, a sister of Theresa Natalia, but it would be unlikely that the insignia of the abbey of Gandersheim would be worn by anyone who was not a member of the order, and comparison of known portraits of Sophia are different from this miniature.

In 1767, George III bought 'twenty or more Miniature or colour'd drawings copied from the German of the House of Brunswick' and this miniature was among them. The identity of the artist is unknown."
Date circa 1767
date QS:P571,+1767-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902
Medium watercolor
Dimensions height: 4.9 cm (1.9 in); width: 7.5 cm (2.9 in)
dimensions QS:P2048,4.9U174728
dimensions QS:P2049,7.5U174728
institution QS:P195,Q1459037
Accession number
RCIN 420576
Object history

Provenance:

  • One of the miniatures copied from the German Book of the House of Brunswick in 1767;
  • recorded in the Royal Collection inventories of 1870
Inscriptions Inscribed on the paper back in pencil: Braunschweig Sophie Antoinette Hersogin zu Sachsen-Coburg.
Source/Photographer Royal Collection RCIN 420576
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