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This portrait was commissioned by Queen Caroline in 1735, from the Italian artist Jacopo Amigoni. She presented the picture to her doctor, Richard Mead, in 1736. The Queen has diamonds in her hair and wears a dark blue robe of state lined with ermine. Above her head, two putti hold a crown and a laurel wreath, whilst at her feet two more support a cornucopia, a symbol of plenty, out of which spill the heads of her seven surviving children.
Title
Caroline Wilhelmina of Brandenburg-Ansbach
Date
1735
Medium
oil on canvas
Measurements
H 243.9 x W 152.4 cm
Accession number
4332
Acquisition method
Purchased, 1963
Work type
Painting
National Portrait Gallery, London
St Martin’s Place, London, Greater London WC2H 0HE England
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