Matilda, wife of Bernhard II, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg (d.1468) c.1600-1720
Watercolour on vellum | 7.0 x 5.9 cm (support, canvas/panel/stretcher external) | RCIN 420430
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This is one of a group of eight miniatures (420423-420430) which form a retrospective extension to the series of forty-nine miniatures of rulers of Brunswick-Lüneburg and their wives (420431-420679) dating from c. 1595 also in the Royal Collection. This group of eight are fanciful portraits embellished with inscriptions in Gothic script indicating a romantic view of the historical past and are later in date than the larger, original group. They may date from the seventeenth century or possibly from the early eighteenth century when they were first recorded in Queen Caroline's Closet at Kensington Palace by the antiquarian George Vertue. Matilda, daughter of Count Otto II of Schauenburg, married, in 1463, Bernard II, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg. Inscribed at the top in white: mechtild Gravin zu Schovenburg.
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Queen Caroline; George II.
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Medium and techniques
Watercolour on vellum
Measurements
7.0 x 5.9 cm (support, canvas/panel/stretcher external)
8.2 x 7.3 cm (frame, external)
6.8 x 5.8 cm (sight)
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Matilda of Schauenburg, Duchess of Brunswick-Lüneburg (d.1468)