Discover king, copyist, amateur painter Friedrich Wilhelm I von Preußen

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: Soldatenkönig, der
Friedrich Wilhelm I

Monogram: FW

Qualifications: king, copyist, amateur painter
was second king of Prussia

Nationality/school: German

Born: Berlin 1688-08-14

Deceased: Potsdam 1740-05-31

Family relationships this field records any family relationship to one or more other artist(s).: son of the Great Elector, father of Friedrich II the Great

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Literature

Houbraken 1718-1721 , vol. 2 (1719), p. 22 (as: tegenwoordige Koning van Pruissen)
Gerson 1942/1983 , p. 303 (about his activity as an amateur painter)
Bartoschek/Vogtherr 2004 , vol. 1, p. 176-177
Saur 1992- , vol. 45 (2005), p. 174 (as: Friedrich Wilhelm I., König von Preußen)
Horn/Van Leeuwen 2021 [Houbraken Translated]

P. Seidel, 'Die Berliner Kunst unter Friedrich Wilhelm I.', Zeitschrift für Bildende Kunst, 23 (1888), p. 185-198

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ONS: zie op G. Flinck

Project: Marques de Collections (F. Lugt)
Gerson Digital : Germany

External links: Lugt (Marques de Collections) no. L.1631

Permalink: https://rkd.nl/explore/artists/359656

Creation date: 2007-08-29; Last modified date: 2023-02-09

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