Frederick William IV, King of Prussia (1795-1861) Signed and dated 1852
Oil on canvas | 72.6 x 60.0 cm (support, canvas/panel/stretcher external) | RCIN 403637
Edward Leopold Radtke (b. 1825)
Frederick William IV, King of Prussia (1795-1861) Signed and dated 1852
Edward Leopold Radtke (b. 1825)
Frederick William IV, King of Prussia (1795-1861) Signed and dated 1852
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Portrait of Frederick William IV, head and shoulders, facing the spectator, wth his head turned half to the left; he wears the uniform of a General of the Prussian army, decorated with the star, collar and badge of the Order of the Black Eagle; around his neck are the badges of the Order of Hohenzollern and the Iron Cross Radtke painted another portrait of this sitter, dated 1861, which is kept at the town hall in Berlin. He exhibited his work in Berlin from 1866 until 1872. Frederick William IV, King of Prussia, eldest son of Frederick William III, and Queen Louise, daughter of Charles, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, succeeded his father in 1840. Precariously retaining his throne during the 1848 Revolution, he suffered a stroke in 1858 and ruled under the Regency of his brother until his death in 1861. He married, in 1823, Elisabeth, daughter of Maximilian I, King of Bavaria, but died childless, leaving his brother to succeed him as William I.
Provenance
First recorded at Buckingham Palace, 1909
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Creator(s)
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Medium and techniques
Oil on canvas
Measurements
72.6 x 60.0 cm (support, canvas/panel/stretcher external)
104.4 x 89.7 x 9.2 cm (frame, external)
Alternative title(s)
Friedrich Wilhelm IV, King of Prussia (1795-1861)