Jean-Baptiste Van der Hulst

Portrait of Prince Frederik of the Netherlands and of Orange-Nassau (1797–1881); together with an anonymous Portrait of Princess Louise of Prussia (1808–1870) | Porträt des Prinzen Friedrich von Oranien-Nassau und der Niederlande (1797–1881); zusammen mit einem anonymen Porträt der Prinzessin Luise von Preußen (1808–1870)

Lot Closed

October 18, 01:11 PM GMT

Estimate

5,000 - 7,000 EUR

Lot Details

Description

Property of Duchess Marie von Württemberg, née Princess zu Wied (b. 1973)

Jean-Baptiste Van der Hulst

Leuven 1790–1862 Brussels

Portrait of Prince Frederik of the Netherlands and of Orange-Nassau (1797–1881);

together with an anonymous Portrait of Princess Louise of Prussia (1808–1870)

a set of two (2)

Prince Frederik:

oil on canvas

signed lower right: V.D. HULST. F

unframed: 35.2 x 27.1 cm.; 13⅞ x 10⅝ in.

framed: 50.2 x 42.1 cm.; 19¾ x 16⅝ in.

Princess Louise:

pastel on paper

inscribed on the reverse: Louise Prinzessin Friederick der Niederlande / geb. Prinzessen von Preussen / Tochter Friedrich Wilhelm III König v. Preussen und de V....

unframed: 38.7 x 32.1 cm.; 15¼ x 12⅝ in.

framed: 54.3 x 46.7 cm.; 21⅜ x 18⅜ in.

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Jean-Baptiste Van der Hulst

Löwen 1790–1862 Brüssel

Porträt des Prinzen Friedrich von Oranien-Nassau und der Niederlande (1797–1881);

zusammen mit einem anonymen Porträt der Prinzessin Luise von Preußen (1808–1870)

Princess Pauline Olga Helene Emma zu Wied, née Württemberg (1877–1965), daughter of King William II of Württemberg and Princess Marie of Waldeck and Pyrmont, and spouse of Prince William Frederick zu Wied;

Thence by descent to Duchess Marie von Württemberg.

Prince Frederick of the Netherlands was born in 1797 to William I of the Netherlands and Wilhelmina of Prussia. Frederick was raised at the Prussian Court of his maternal grandfather and uncle, respectively Frederick William II and Fredrick William III, both Kings of Prussia. At the age of 16, he was sent to the Netherlands to further his education, and in 1825 he married his first cousin, Princess Louise of Prussia, the youngest daughter of his uncle. Together, the couple had four children: Wilhelmina Frederika Alexandrine Anna Louise (1828–1871), Willem Frederik Nicolaas Karel (1833–1834), Willem Frederik Nicolaas Albert (1836–1836), and Wilhelmina Frederika Anna Elisabeth Maria (1841–1910). In 1871, the youngest daughter married William V, Prince of Wied (1845-1907).