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Summary
Herman Hendrik de Quiter the Younger: Portrait of Wilhelm VIII, Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel (1682-1760)
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| Artist |
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| Title |
Portrait of William VIII of Hesse-Kassel with the Order of the White Eagle. |
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| Object type |
painting  |
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| Genre |
portrait |
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| Depicted people |
William VIII, Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel |
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| Date |
1729 |
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| Medium |
oil on canvas |
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| Dimensions |
height: 150 cm (59 in) ; width: 97 cm (38.1 in) |
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| Collection |
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| Current location |
Entrance Room |
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| Accession number |
ZKW 1534 (Royal Castle in Warsaw) |
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| Object history |
1976: purchased by National Museum in Warsaw (MNW) from Andrzej Ciechanowiecki, London |
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| Inscriptions |
Signature and date bottom center: H. de Quitter / f.A° 1729
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| Notes | Composition inspired by Ars Amatoria by Ancient Roman poet Ovid. Due to Order of the White Eagle, the sitter was initially identified as Augustus II of Poland. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| References |
Dorota Juszczak, Hanna Małachowicz (2007). Zamek Królewski w Warszawie: malarstwo do 1900 : katalog zbiorów. Zamek Królewski w Warszawie. ISBN 83-70221-68-8, cat. no. 260, p. 406 RKDimages, Art-work number 283820 |
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| Source/Photographer |
1. Own work (BurgererSF) 2. pl.pinterest.com 3. kolekcja.zamek-krolewski.pl |
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This photographic reproduction is therefore also considered to be in the public domain in the United States. In other jurisdictions, re-use of this content may be restricted; see Reuse of PD-Art photographs for details. | ||||
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| current | 20:44, 8 April 2018 | | 1,340 × 2,048 (953 KB) | Trzęsacz | original from the museum web page; https://kolekcja.zamek-krolewski.pl/obiekt/kolekcja/Malarstwo/query/ZKW_1534_ab/id/ZKW_1534_ab |
| 08:07, 19 June 2016 |  | 665 × 1,020 (435 KB) | Artinpl | Better quality | |
| 20:01, 9 July 2013 |  | 1,164 × 1,908 (622 KB) | BurgererSF | {{Information |Description ={{en|1=Warsaw}} |Source ={{own}} |Author =BurgererSF |Date = |Permission = |other_versions = }} |
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