File:So-called portrait of Johann August of Saxe-Gotha - Royal Collection, RCIN 406412.png

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"Prince Johann August of Saxe-Gotha (1704-1767)"   (Wikidata search (Cirrus search) Wikidata query (SPARQL)  Create new Wikidata item based on this file)
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German School
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Description 18th-century portrait paintings of men, with Not identified, Unspecified, Unmentioned, Unattributed, UnknownUnknown or Anonymous artists.
Title
"Prince Johann August of Saxe-Gotha (1704-1767)"
Description
English: So-called Portrait of Prince John August of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg (1704-1767), but is probably a depiction of his brother Moritz of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg (1711-1777).
  • Identification proposed by user Ecummenic (talk) based on the comparison with a portrait of Prince Moritz in the Museen Thüringen (see image below) and the absence of physical resemblance with Prince John August.
Date circa 1735
date QS:P571,+1735-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902
Medium oil on canvas
medium QS:P186,Q296955;P186,Q12321255,P518,Q861259
Dimensions height: 80 cm (31.4 in); width: 63.5 cm (25 in)
dimensions QS:P2048,80U174728
dimensions QS:P2049,63.5U174728
institution QS:P195,Q1459037
Object history

Provenance:

  • Presumably acquired by George IV;
  • recorded in Store at Carlton House in 1816 (no. 332) and 1819 (no 332) as a 'Nobleman in a blue and gold dress'.
Source/Photographer Royal Collection RCIN 406412
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