(XVIII) - German School - A bust length portrait of Ernst Augustus, Duke of Cumberland (1771-1851) as a young boy

German School; 18th Century

Title: A bust length portrait of Ernst Augustus, Duke of Cumberland (1771-1851) as a young boy


Period circa 1775-1780

Medium: Oil on canvas

Provenance: Sothebys, Royal House of Hanover, Munich, 5-15 October 2005, lot 5070.

Various verso labels

Attribution lable to what we believe is the original 18th century frame.

German School; 18th Century

The overall size with the frame is 71cm x 63cm x 9cm and the pairing measured at sight is 53 x 45.6 cm.

A beautiful portrait of a young boy, traditionally identified as Ernst Augustus, Duke of Cumberland (1771-1851), half-length turned to the left wearing a white shirt with a blue ribbon;; oil on canvas, held in a gilded composition frame with spandrels and oval aperture, the frame bearing stamped cipher and no. 'M202' and applied paper label. What are also labels presumed to be added by the restoration company.

Provenance: Sothebys, Royal House of Hanover, Munich, 5-15 October 2005, lot 5070.

Note: Ernst Augustus was the fifth son of George III, and spent his childhood at Kew before following a military career serving in the English and Hanoverian armies during the war with France. On the death of his brother William IV, in 1837, he inherited the Hanoverian throne. He was succeeded by his son George V.

Condition report. In excellent restored and lined condition. There is craquelure commensurate with the paintings antiquity through with no paint loss and no evidence of any infill repairs . The paint surface is stable and even and the tones are beautiful in real life and still very good.

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