English: the painting was originally owned by the augustenburg family. After 1850, the estates of the augustinians were confiscated by the danish state, and the family had to go into exile with their belongings to their silesian properties. On the death of ernst günther in 1921, the augustenburg male line died out, and the estate and the contents went to several different female members of the family, who, as a result of the general poverty in germany in the wake of the end of the first world war, decided to realize the effects. The collection, which consisted of numerous works of art and objects associated with the danish royal house, was sold individually and in smaller portions. In 1930, a small collection of the effects had ended up in matthie's antique shop in berlin. Here, museum inspector otto andrup bought the entire collection of 300 objects, consisting of paintings, furniture and e. G. Silverware, for approx. Dkk 120,000 the purchase was a bit of a gamble on andrup's part, as he had not been able to get in touch with the frederiksborg museum's board of directors due to the christmas holidays, and thus had no authorization for the large outlay. The purchase was therefore officially made by andrup himself, despite the fact that he himself did not have such funds available. However, a few days later, andrup succeeded in getting the board to accept the purchase, which i. A. Contained this painting of princess louise augusta, painted by jens juel. The frederiksborg museum selected quite a few objects for the national history exhibition and the rest were gradually sold off elsewhere. Source: zelia n. Andrup, otto andrup and the life around him, rosenkilde and bagger, 1970, p. 118-125. Date: 1787. Medium: oil. Collection: The Museum of National History at Frederiksborg Castle. Louise Augusta
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