Johann Georg Ziesenis (1716- 1776)

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Description

portrait of the margravine sophie caroline marie of brandenburg-bayreuth (1737-1817)
Oil on canvas
136 by 99.5 cm.

Three-quarter length, seated, wearing a pink and black fur decorated dress, leaning on a table

Catalogue Note

Schrader (see Literature) lists two autograph versions of this composition recorded in the collections at Schloss Blankenburg, both with slightly larger dimensions. She dates the design to circa 1762-65. It was this type of portrait, whose relaxed informality provided a real contrast to the formulaic court portraiture of the preceding decades, which earned Ziesenis his reputation. The eldest daughter of Duke Karl I of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel, Sophie Caroline married Frederick, Margrave of Brandenburg-Bayreuth in September 1759.

Exhibited:
Possibly Hannover, Landesmuseum, Johann Georg Ziesenis, 1937, no. 136 or 137.

Literature:
G. Biermann, Deutsche Barok und Rokoko, Leipzig 1914, vol. II, plate 759;
K. Steinacker, Die Bau- und Kunstdenkmäler des Kreises Blankenburg, Wolfenbüttel 1922, p.85, no.50;
K. Schrader, Der Bildnismaler Johann Georg Ziesenis 1716-1776, Munster 1995, p. 211, no. 158a, reproduced fig. 137.