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Description

Hans von Aachen
portrait of barbara sophia, princess of wurtemburg (1584-1636), half length, in a richly embroidered and bejewelled dress
inscribed with the identity of the sitter: VON GOTTES GENADEN BARBARA SOPHIA HERTZOGIN ZV WIRTTEMBERG/ UND THECKH/GREVIN ZU MUNPERGARDT FRAU ZU HERIDENHEIM GEBORNE MARRGREVIN/ ZU BRANDENBURG
oil on canvas

Literature

J.P. Richter, 1901, p. 15, no. 41 (as style of Pourbus).

Catalogue Note

The sitter was the daughter of Joachim Friedrich, Elector of Brandenburg, and in 1609 she married Johann Friedrich, Duke of Württemberg (1582-1628) in Stuttgart.