Princess Caroline Elizabeth (1713–1757)
Jacopo Amigoni (Naples c.1682 - Madrid 1752)
Category
Art / Oil paintings
Date
1732
Materials
Oil on canvas
Measurements
1270 x 1016 mm (50 x 40 in)
Place of origin
England
Order this imageCollection
Ickworth, Suffolk
NT 851698
Caption
Princess Caroline (1713-1757) was the third daughter of George II and Caroline of Ansbach. Horace Walpole said of her that: “she had conceived an unalterable passion for Lord Hervey, constantly marked afterwards by all kind and generous offices to his children.” She died unmarried. This is one of three portraits of the eldest daughters of George II and Queen Caroline painted by Amigoni in 1732, all of which were engraved in 1733 by Joseph Wagner. They were the first of a number of portraits of the Royal Family painted by Amigoni. The artist left England in 1739
Summary
Oil painting on canvas, Princess Caroline Elizabeth (1713–1757) by Jacopo Amigoni (Naples 1682 – Madrid 1752), 1732. A three-quarter length portrait of a young woman, the third daughter of George II and Caroline of Ansbach. Horace Walpole said of her that: 'she had conceived an unalterable passion for Lord Hervey, constantly marked afterwards by all kind and generous offices to his children but she died unmarried. She is turned to the left, gazing at the spectator, seated in a heavily carved chair, wearing a low cut, pale pink (pale mauve?) dress edged with white sleeves, and an amber coloured ermine cloak pinned at the left shoulder with a pearl clasp; dark brown hair, tied back, pearls and red ribbon in hair a princesses' crown on a gilt table, left, with a landscape view with trees through the window. Classical background of pillar and draped curtain. One of three portraits of the eldest daughters of George II and Queen Caroline painted by Amigoni in 1732 (Vertue, Notebooks III, 62), all of which were engraved in 1733 by Joseph Wagner (Vertue Notebooks III, 74). That of Anna, Princess Royal resurfaced at Sotheby's Monaco, 2 July 1993, lot 91; but that of Princess Amelia remains to be rediscovered. These were the first of a number of portraits of the Royal Family that Amigoni painted. The artist left England in 1739.
Provenance
Part of the Bristol Collection. Acquired by the National Trust in 1956 under the auspices of the National Land Fund, later the National Heritage Memorial Fund.
Credit line
Ickworth, The Bristol Collection (acquired through the National Land Fund and transferred to The National Trust in 1956)
Makers and roles
Jacopo Amigoni (Naples c.1682 - Madrid 1752), artist
References
Farrer 1908 Edmund Farrer, Portraits in Suffolk Houses (West), 1908, no. A168, p. 230 Woodward 1957 J. Woodward, "Amigoni as Portrait Painter in England", Burlington Magazine, XCIX, 1957, p.23 Scapa Sonio 1994 Annalisa Scarpa Sonio, Jacopo Amigoni, Soncino, 1994, ,p.32