Ulrica Eleonora, Queen of Sweden (1658-1693) Inscribed 1676
Watercolour on vellum | 7 x 5.9 cm (support, canvas/panel/stretcher external) | RCIN 420488
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This is one of a series of seven miniatures which depict Frederick III, King of Denmark, his consort Sophia Amalia, and four of their six children. Three of the miniatures, including the present one, are inscribed with the date 1676, which may be the year in which the whole series was painted by an unidentified Danish artist. The miniatures were first recorded in the Royal Collection in Queen Caroline's Closet at Kensington Palace. Several of the miniatures in this group are dependant on large-scale oil portraits; this miniature is probably related to an oil painting of the sitter by the Danish court painter Abraham Wuchters (d. 1682) which was destroyed in a fire at Frederiksborg Castle in 1859. Ulrica Eleonora, fourth daughter of Frederick III, King of Denmark, married, in 1680, Charles XI, King of Sweden. Inscribed on the gessoed back: 'No 43 La Princess Ulrique Quatiesme fille du Röy Frederic troisiesme de Dannemarck 1676'
Provenance
First recorded in Queen Caroline's Closet at Kensington Palace by George Vertue in 1743
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Creator(s)
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Medium and techniques
Watercolour on vellum
Measurements
7 x 5.9 cm (support, canvas/panel/stretcher external)
8.4 x 7.1 cm (frame, external)
Other number(s)
Reynolds 1999 : Reynolds, G., 1999. The Sixteenth & Seventeenth Century Miniatures in the Collection of Her Majesty the Queen, London – Reynolds 1999 266Cust 1910 : Cust, L., 1910. Windsor Castle: Portrait Miniatures, London – Cust 1910 39/10