Caroline Wilhelmina of Brandenburg-Anspach (1683-1737) Consort of King George II
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About the work
- Location
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Country: UK
City: London
Place: Foreign. Commonwealth & Development Office, Carlton Gardens
This is one of several portraits of Caroline, Queen of Great Britain and Ireland, painted in the studio of artist Charles Jervas as one half of a pair of portraits of the King and Queen. It is not certain which pair are the first to have been painted by Jervas, but it has been suggested that they might be those sold through Sotheby’s from the collection of the Earl of Amherst in January 1964. Other examples are at the Guildhall Art Gallery, the National Portrait Gallery and a lone portrait of the Queen is at Rokeby Park, County Durham.
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About the artist
Charles Jervas, portrait painter, translator and collector of art, was born in Dublin. He moved to London in the mid 1690s, where he studied under Sir Godfrey Kneller. In 1698 he travelled to Paris to study in the Louvre and then went on to Rome, where he copied antique statuary and paintings by the Italian masters and also purchased art on behalf of English collectors. He returned to London in 1709 and 1723 he succeeded his former tutor, Kneller, as Principal Painter to King George I and later to George II. One of his most important patrons was Sir Robert Walpole, whom he also assisted in acquiring works of art.
Portrait painter Enoch Seeman (sometimes spelt Zeeman) was born at Danzig, Germany; the son of a Flemish painter. In 1704 he travelled with his father to London, where he lived in St Martin's Lane and practised as a portraitist. From 1717 Seeman received royal patronage. He painted a full-length portrait of George I (Middle Temple, London) and also depicted George II and other members of the royal family. An attributed work of c.1711-20 is the dual portrait of the first Duke of Marlborough and military engineer John Armstrong (Blenheim Palace, Oxfordshire). Seeman died suddenly in March 1744. His son Paul Seeman painted portraits and still life and his three brothers, including Isaac Seeman (died in London, in 1751), were all painters.
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Explore
- Places
- Subjects
- royal portrait, German (subject, nationality), woman, 18th century costume, ceremonial costume, ermine, robe, dress, pearls, tassel, fur, crown, Queen Consort, column, pillar (architectural feature), window, cushion
- Materials & Techniques
- canvas, oil, oil painting
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Details
- Title
- Caroline Wilhelmina of Brandenburg-Anspach (1683-1737) Consort of King George II
- Date
- Medium
- Oil on canvas
- Dimensions
- height: 241.00 cm, width: 153.50 cm
- Acquisition
- Purchased from Lord Waldegrave, 1900
- Provenance
- Collection of William Frederick Waldegrave, ninth Earl Waldegrave (1851-1930); from whom purchased by the Office of Works in 1900
- GAC number
- 0/83