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Johann Heinrich Schroeder(German, 18th/19th Century)Portrait of Duke Maximilian Julius Leopold of Brunswick and Lüneburg
27 April – 7 May 2025, 12:00 EDT
Online, Skinner Marlborough, MassachusettsUS$5,000 - US$8,000
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Johann Heinrich Schroeder (German, 18th/19th Century)
Portrait of Duke Maximilian Julius Leopold of Brunswick and Lüneburg
unsigned; identified on a presentation plaque; identified and indistinctly inscribed on a handwritten inventory label (affixed to the stretcher)
oil on canvas in an oval frame
101.0 x 79.5 cm (39 3/4 x 31 5/16 in).
framed 124.0 x 104.0 x 7.0 cm (48 13/16 x 40 15/16 x 2 3/4 in).
unsigned; identified on a presentation plaque; identified and indistinctly inscribed on a handwritten inventory label (affixed to the stretcher)
oil on canvas in an oval frame
101.0 x 79.5 cm (39 3/4 x 31 5/16 in).
framed 124.0 x 104.0 x 7.0 cm (48 13/16 x 40 15/16 x 2 3/4 in).
Footnotes
Provenance
Braunschweig (1885-1895).
Braunschweig 1911, inv. nr. 63.
Blankenburg c. 1929, inv. nr. 1449.
Sale, Sotheby's, Property from the Royal House of Hanover, October 12-15, 2005, lot 541.
The present private collection (acquired from the previous).
N.B.
Maximilian Julius Leopold of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel (1752-1785) was a Prussian military officer and general. He died at the age of 32 in the 1785 Oder flood near Frankfurt. Leopold's death was almost immediately transformed into a legendary event in which a selfless Duke, overcome by the urge to save drowning citizens, ventured into dangerous waters in a flimsy boat. While the reality of the event was likely less dramatically heroic, Leopold remains best known for his posthumous reputation for charity, humility, and piety.