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Antique Portrait of Louise of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, Queen of Prussia

Name: Antique Portrait of Louise of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, Queen of Prussia
Brand: Antikeo
SKU: 67Y0L75HYH
Price: 1320 EUR
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Antique Portrait of Louise of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, Queen of Prussia, 19th century.
Painting inserted in a (non-contemporary) carved and gilded wooden frame, restored and relined in the past, it is in excellent condition with no lack or loss of color.
Louise was revered by her subjects as the "soul of national virtue", and some historians have even written that she was "Prussian nationalism personified". According to Christopher Clark, Louise was "a female celebrity, who in the public eye combined virtue, modesty and sovereign grace with gentleness and sex appeal, and whose early death in 1810 at the age of only thirty-four preserved her youth in the memory of posterity". Her reputation as a loving and loyal supporter of her husband was crucial to her enduring image; the cult that eventually surrounded the figure of Louise came to be associated with "ideal" feminine attributes: beauty, sweet nature, maternal affection, and marital virtue.

Dimensions:
80 x 59 cm (with frame)

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Additional Information

Style	Other style (Paintings Portraits of Other style Style)
Period	19th century (Paintings Portraits 19th century)
Country of origin	Italy
Width (cm)	59
Height (cm)	80