Heinrich Maria Dietrich Monten, German, 1799-1843

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Description

Georg Prince of Hanover (George I, 1660-1727) in the battle of Nerwinden, 29th July 1693
Signed and dated D. Monten fec. Monaco MDCCCXXXVIII l.r.
Oil on canvas
128 by 169cm

Catalogue Note

Provenance:
Ernst-August-Fideikommiss
Herrenhausen Inv. Nr. 451

Note:
The painting depicts Georg Elector of Hanover the later King George I of Great-Britain rescued by lieutenant-general Alexander von Hammerstein-Equord in the battle of Nerwinden on 29th July 1693.
(Please see lot 1740 for a portrait of Alexander von Hammerstein-Equord.)

Literature:
Justus Molthan, Verzeichnis der Bilhauerwerke und Gemälde, welche sich in den Königlich Hannoverschen Schlössern und Gebäuden befinden (Catalogue of the sculptures and paintings in the Hanoverian Castles and Buildings), Hanover 1844, p. 174, no. 5 (Im Königlichen Residenz-Schloss zu Hannover)