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Friedrich Wilhelm IV, King of Prussia

Berlin 1795 – 1861 Potsdam

Ideal Italian landscape. October 1848

Pen and India ink drawing, heightened with pencil, on paper. 11,6 x 17,5 cm (4 ⅝ x 6 ⅞ in.).
This picture shows the following artwork: Friedrich Wilhelm IV, King of Prussia. Ideal Italian landscape. October 1848.

Estimate:

EUR 4,000

 

- 6,000

USD 5,440

 

- 8,160

Sold for:

8,125 EUR (incl. premium)

Auctions 215-221

ORANGERIE. Selected Objects, Thursday, 28.11.2013

Information

Pen and India ink drawing, heightened with pencil, on paper. 11,6 x 17,5 cm (4 ⅝ x 6 ⅞ in.). Lower left: Sanssouci. Signed in the centre: FW [joined]. Dated lower right: October 1848. Enclosure, late 19th century label: "diese eigenhändige Federzeichnung / König Friedrich Wilhelms IV von / Preußen schenkte er seiner Nichte / der Prinzessin Luise von Preußen./ Von dieser selbst erhielt sie der / verstorbene Kammerherr Baron / Otto of Tettau". Slight light damage. Framed

Related literature: „Unglaublich ist sein Genie fürs Zeichnen“. Friedrich Wilhelm IV von Preußen (1795-1861) zum 150. Todestag, exh. cat., Potsdam 2011

We would like to thank Dr. Jörg Meiner, from the research project „Online-Bestandskatalog der Zeichnungen Friedrich Wilhelms IV. Von Preußen“, Potsdam, and Freiherrn Diethart von Tettau for the valuable information provided..

1848 Princess Luise of Prussia (1838 - 1923) as a gift from the King, her uncle / from Luise, later the Grand Duchess of Baden, to the Royal Prussian Chamberlain Otto Friedrich Carl Freiherr von Tettau (1836 - 1916), Southern Germany / after 1916 private collection, Northern Germany

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