"oil/canvas/wood, 114 x 89. 5 cm, slightly restored. - the depicted philippine charlotte was the sister of frederick the great. - provenance: hülsmann art dealers, hamburg; private collection, sylt. - figure and history painter, prussian court painter under three kings. P. Was trained by his father and charles de la fosse, the court painter to louis xiv. A scholarship enabled him to spend several years in italy from 1705 before he was appointed court painter in berlin in 1710 and later worked with knobelsdorff on the furnishings of the palaces he built, including sanssouci palace. With his intimate figurative depictions inspired by watteau, p. Is not only a leading representative of frederick's rococo, but also of french rococo. Museum: paris (louvre), potsdam, berlin, dresden, etc. Lit. : thieme-becker, bénézit, etc. ". Date: 18th century. Dimensions: height: 114 cm (44.8 in); width: 89.5 cm (35.2 in). Medium: oil on canvas. Collection: Unidentified location. Attributed to Antoine Pesne - Herzogin Philippine-Charlotte
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