Princess Augusta of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg, Princess of Wales (1719–1772)
studio of Jean-Baptiste van Loo (Aix-en-Provence 1684 - Aix-en-Provence 1745)
Category
Art / Oil paintings
Date
1740 - 1745
Materials
Oil on canvas
Measurements
749 x 622 mm (29 1/2 x 24 1/2 in)
Place of origin
France
Order this imageCollection
Hartwell House, Buckinghamshire
NT 1548064
Summary
Oil painting on canvas, Princess Augusta of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg, Princess of Wales (1719–1772), studio of Jean-Baptiste van Loo (Aix-en-Provence 1684 - Aix-en-Provence 1745). A painted oval half-length portrait.
Provenance
Bought Sotheby's, London, 10th July 1991, lot 116 ; became the property of the National Trust, by donation, with all profits henceforward benefiting the houses and the charity, from Historic House Hotels Ltd and all its interests in Hartwell House and the other two Historic House Hotels, Bodyscallen Hall and Middlethorpe Hall, in September 2008
Makers and roles
studio of Jean-Baptiste van Loo (Aix-en-Provence 1684 - Aix-en-Provence 1745) , artist previously catalogued as attributed to Henry Morland (fl.1675 - c.1700), artist
Exhibition history
Enlightened princess: Caroline, Augusta, Charlotte and the Shaping of the Modern World, Kensington Palace, London, 2017, no.cat. 13.10 Enlightened princess: Caroline, Augusta, Charlotte and the Shaping of the Modern World, Yale Center for British Art, Connecticut, 2017, no.cat. 13.10
References
Enlightened Princesses: Caroline, Augusta, Charlotte and the Shaping of the Modern World (Ed. Joanna Marschner), cat. 13.10, pp. 238-239