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King George I of Great Britain (* 1650, † 1727)
Lost Art-ID
596707
Artist
Kniller, Gottfried
Birth
1646.08.08, Lübeck
Death
1723.10.19 / 1723.10.27, London
Place of activity
Amsterdam; Venedig; Hamburg; London
Title
King George I of Great Britain (* 1650, † 1727)
Datierung
1714 (um)
Object type
Group of reported objects
Material / Technique
Oil : canvas / painted
Measures
derzeit keine weiteren Angaben verfügbar / currently no further information available
Description
Portrait of the king in advanced age.
Provenance
According to Hammerschmidt 2001 from the estate of Petronella Melusine von Chesterfield, née. von der Schulenburg-Hehlen (* 1693, † 1778); passed on by inheritance within the house of von der Schulenburg-Wolfsburg; before 1942 Wolfsburg Castle (until 1932 Gardelegen County, Province of Saxony; then Gifhorn County, Province of Hanover; today Wolfsburg City); then moved to the newly built Neumühle Castle near Tangeln, municipality of Beetzendorf in the Altmark County of Salzwedel, former location: "Corridor, main floor"; left behind in 1945 when leaving Neumühle Castle in flight before it was taken over by the Red Army; Neumühle Castle was assigned to the Soviet occupation zone and expropriated; whereabouts unknown.
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Literature / Source
Hammerschmidt, G. (i. A. der Grafen von der Schulenburg-Wolfsburg): Das Schicksal des Kunst- und Kulturgutes von Schloss Wolfsburg-Neumühle im Altmarkkreis Salzwedel ab dem Zeitpunkt des Erlasses der Provinzialverwaltung Sachsen, Stand: November 2001 (Maschinenschrift, Nov. 2001, Hausarchiv der Grafen von der Schulenburg-Wolfsburg), lfd. Nr. 06.088.
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