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Description: | Signed: yes Description: Previously thought to be Field Marshal James Keith, this portrait depicts Frederick II of Prussia, known as Frederick the Great. The French artist Antoine Pesne (1683-1757) worked in Prussia and painted Frederick several times. The present portrait type was often copied, and further disseminated by its reproduction in printed form. Frederick, one of the so-called 'enlightened monarchs', was a celebrated soldier, and he is shown wearing the star of the Order of St Andrew that he was awarded by Catherine II of Russia in 1740, and that he wears in all portraits of him by Pesne after that date. | Subjects: | portrait (Frederick the Great King of Prussia) | Source: | Vads | Creator: | Artist: Pesne, Antoine (French painter, 1683-1757, active in Prussia) Æ Attributed to | Identifier: | http://www.vads.ac.uk/large.php?uid=9191... | Go to resource |
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