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On view here are five portraits of members of the famous German princely
family Reuss, executed in the late 1790s by the family's court portraitist
Johann Friedrich Leberecht Reinhold (see our web for comparison) in the
technique of gouache painting on paper (all of the same size).
The portraits (from left to right) show the following people (according to the
authentic old legends on the back of each portrait):
1) Heinrich XI, Prince Reuss-Greiz-Plauen (1722-1800; see our web with his
biography). He is depicted with the breast star of the Hungarian St. Stephen
Order.
2) Heinrich XV, Prince Reuss-Greiz-Plauen (1751-1825, see our images nr.
23-24), Austrian Lieutenant Field Marshal. He is depicted with the breast star
of the Bavarian Order of St. Hubertus (all other awards he will obtain much
later).
3) Wilhelmine Louise, Princess Reuss-Greiz, née Princess of Nassau-Weilburg
(1765-1837; see our web), wife of Heinrich XIII, Prince Reuss-Greiz
4) Heinrich XIX, Prince Reuss-Greiz (1790-1836; see our web), eldest surviving
son of Wilhelmine Louise
5) Heinrich XX (1794-1859; see our web), younger brother of the former
Johann Friedrich Leberecht Reinhold (1744 Neustadt an der Orla - 1807 Gera) was a pupil of Johann Gottfried Krippendorf in Zeitz. Already in 1773, he was mentioned as "citizen and painter" of Gera. There, he often worked for Count Heinrich XXX of Reuss-Gera and relating German courts. He worked mainly in watercolor, gouache and pastel, practically known for never signing his paintings. Works of his can be seen in museums of Weimar, Gera etc.
Provenance:
- Prince Heinrich Reuss XXXII (1878-1935)
- widow of the latter, Princess Marie Adelheide Reuss (1895-1993)
- Collection of Jean Piaget (1896-1980), Swiss academian, Professor at the
University of Neuchatel, Geneva and Paris
-auction house "Piguet", Geneva, March 15, 2023, lot 4257
Condition: good; each identically framed
Creation Year: late 1790s
Measurements: UNFRAMED:
17.4cm x 14.0cm / 6.9in x 5.5in
FRAMED: 23.3cm
x 20.2cm / 9.2in x 8.0in
Object Type: Framed miniature
Style: Portrait Miniatures
Technique: each: gouache on paper
Inscription: each with old legend on verso
Creator: Johann Friedrich Leberecht Reinhold
Creator Dates: 1744 Neustadt a.d.Orla-1807 Gera
Nationality: German
Themes:
GERMAN
THURINGIAN
ROYAL PORTRAIT
ROYALTY
MALE PORTRAIT
FEMALE PORTRAIT
MILITARY PORTRAIT
UNIFORM
ARISTOCRAT
CHILDREN
CHILDREN PORTRAIT
LITTLE BOY
MILITARY
GENERAL
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