18th century GERMAN SCHOOL, follower of Jan Frans van DOUVEN - Lot 78

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18th century GERMAN SCHOOL, follower of Jan Frans van DOUVEN - Lot 78
18th century GERMAN SCHOOL, follower of Jan Frans van DOUVEN Portrait of Johann William of Neuburg-Wittelsbach on horseback Canvas 120 x 95 cm Accents This portrait is a variant of van Douven's painting in the Kunstpalast, Düsseldorf. Johann William of Neuburg-Wittelsbach, born in Düsseldorf on April 19, 1658, was Prince-Elector from 1690 to his death in 1716, a member of the powerful House of Wittelsbach. He inherited the title on the death of his father Philip William, and led the Palatinate electorate during a period of reconstruction, Düsseldorf having replaced Heidelberg, which had been destroyed in earlier wars. Brother of Empress Eleonora, in 1678 he married Marie-Anne Josèphe d'Autriche (1654-1689), daughter of Emperor Ferdinand III and Eleonora of Nevers-Mantua, who bore him two sons who died at birth. His reign was marked by princely alliances and a lavish court life, particularly after his marriage in 1691 to Anne-Marie Louise de Médicis, daughter of the Grand Duke of Tuscany, an artistic and political alliance marked by numerous official portraits. Jan Frans van Douven was a Dutch painter, active mainly in the Holy Roman Empire, renowned for his official and historical portraits. Born in Roermond in 1656, he began his career in an artistic context influenced by 17thᵉ century Flemish painting, that of Rubens and van Dyck. Van Douven became court painter to Elector Palatine Johann Wilhelm de Neuburg in Düsseldorf in 1682. He thus contributed to the spread of the official and prestigious image of the Palatinate and played a major role in Baroque princely portraiture in the early XVIIIᵉ century. The equestrian portrait is an emblematic form designed to magnify the authority, social rank and military might of the sovereign or prince. In the Baroque context, these compositions place the central figure on a vigorous horse, often in heroic or triumphal attitudes, reinforcing the symbolism of command. For Johann William of Neuburg-Wittelsbach, this type of representation served to assert his place among the prince electors of the Holy Roman Empire, in an aesthetically pleasing display of princely power. LOT SUBJECT TO 5.5% VAT
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