Portrait of the Duke of Brunswick
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| Portrait of the Duke of Brunswick | |
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| Artist | Pompeo Batoni |
| Year | 1767 |
| Type | Oil on canvas, portrait painting |
| Dimensions | 137 cm × 99 cm (54 in × 39 in) |
| Location | Herzog Anton Ulrich Museum, Brunswick |
Portrait of the Duke of Brunswick is a 1767 portrait painting by the Italian artist Pompeo Batoni. It depicts the soldier and sovereign prince Charles William Ferdinand, Duke of Brunswick. He is shown during his Grand Tour to Rome, leaning on an Ancient Greek Krater which belonged to Batoni's fellow painter Anton Raphael Mengs.[1][2][3]
The Duke had distinguished himself in the Prussian Army during the Seven Years' War. He had closed ties with the British royal family, marrying Princess Augusta of Great Britain, a sister of George III. Brunswick later commanded Allied forces fighting against Revolutionary France, notably at the Battle of Valmy in 1792. He was later fatally wounded at the Battle of Jena–Auerstedt in 1806 during the Napoleonic Wars.[4]
Today the painting is in the collection of the Herzog Anton Ulrich Museum in Brunswick, Germany.[5]
