Countess Heydeck with her Children, Heinrich Carl Brandt, circa 1785

The painting is historically inaccurate since the mother of the twins (* 1771) died shortly after the birth from puerperal fever. It is also improbable that the mistress of a prince-elector would bear her children in a "chambre verte", the room for childbirth traditionally reserved for the higher ranks of nobility. Object Type: painting. Date: circa 1785. Dimensions: height: 101.8 cm (40 in); width: 125 cm (49.2 in). Medium: oil on canvas. Depicted People: Karoline von Bretzenheim, Josepha von Heydeck, Charles Theodore, Elector of Bavaria, Karl August Friedrich Joseph von Bretzenheim. Collection: Museums Reiss-Engelhorn. H C Brandt Gräfin Heydeck mit ihren Kindern

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Author: Heinrich Carl Brandt (1724–1787)Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/

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