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Allegorical portrait of Frederick of Hesse-Kassel

Drawing
c. 1715 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Allegorical portrait of Frederick of Hesse-Kassel in armour with a portrait of Princess Ulrika Eleonora of Sweden and an Allegory of Time in the right hand-side background, pen and ink and wash on paper, Dutch school, c. 1715


Object details

Categories
Object type
TitleAllegorical portrait of Frederick of Hesse-Kassel (generic title)
Materials and techniques
pen and ink and wash on paper
Brief description
Drawing, Nicolaas Verkolje, Allegorical portrait of Frederick of Hesse-Kassel, pen and ink and wash, Dutch school, c. 1715
Physical description
Allegorical portrait of Frederick of Hesse-Kassel in armour with a portrait of Princess Ulrika Eleonora of Sweden and an Allegory of Time in the right hand-side background, pen and ink and wash on paper, Dutch school, c. 1715
Dimensions
  • Height: 201mm
  • Width: 161mm
Style
Object history
Johanna Koerten Blok (1650-1715), her sale, Haarlem, 7 August 1765, lot 21 (Album A); Johannes Enschede, Haarlem; Wellesley Collection; R.H. Stephenson, bequeathed to the museum in 1929
Historical context
Formerly attributed to the French artist Bernard Picart, this drawing was in fact recognised by Robert-Jan te Rijdt (Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam) as a work by the Dutch artist Nicolaas Verkolje (1673-1746). The sitter is Frederick of Hesse-Kassel, future Frederick I of Sweden (1676-1751), son of Charles I, Landgrave of Hesse-Kasseland, and is based on a mezzotint portrait by Pieter Schenk I (1660-1713).

The lady represented in the oval painting behind him is his second wife, Princess Ulrika Eleonora of Sweden, whom he married in 1715.He was then granted the title Prince of Sweden, during Ulrika Eleonora's rule as queen regnant from 1718 until her abdication in 1720. Frederick then succeeded her on the throne.
Subjects depicted
Bibliographic references
  • Victoria and Albert Museum, Department of Engraving, Illustration and Design and Department of Paintings, Accessions 1929, London: Board of Education, 1930.
  • Jane Shoaf Turner and Robert-Jan te Rijdt, " Miscellania. V&A: ’The ones that got away’", Sculpsit & Delineavit, no. 42 (Jan 2018), pp. 91-97, fig. 6.
Collection
Accession number
E.586-1929

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