Caroline Wilhelmina of Brandenburg-Anspach (1683-1737) Consort of King George II

Charles Jervas (c.1675 - 1739)
Enoch Seeman (1694 - 1744)

Oil on canvas

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Image of Caroline Wilhelmina of Brandenburg-Anspach (1683-1737) Consort of King George II
  • About the work
    Location
    Country: UK
    City: London
    Place: Foreign. Commonwealth & Development Office, Carlton Gardens

    This is one of several portraits of Caroline, Queen of Great Britain and Ireland, painted in the studio of artist Charles Jervas as one half of a pair of portraits of the King and Queen. It is not certain which pair are the first to have been painted by Jervas, but it has been suggested that they might be those sold through Sotheby’s from the collection of the Earl of Amherst in January 1964. Other examples are at the Guildhall Art Gallery, the National Portrait Gallery and a lone portrait of the Queen is at Rokeby Park, County Durham.

  • About the artist
    Portrait painter Enoch Seeman (sometimes spelt Zeeman) was born at Danzig, Germany; the son of a Flemish painter. In 1704 he travelled with his father to London, where he lived in St Martin's Lane and practised as a portraitist. From 1717 Seeman received royal patronage. He painted a full-length portrait of George I (Middle Temple, London) and also depicted George II and other members of the royal family. An attributed work of c.1711-20 is the dual portrait of the first Duke of Marlborough and military engineer John Armstrong (Blenheim Palace, Oxfordshire). Seeman died suddenly in March 1744. His son Paul Seeman painted portraits and still life and his three brothers, including Isaac Seeman (died in London, in 1751), were all painters.
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    People
    Caroline Wilhelmina of Brandenburg-Ansbach (1683 - 1737)
    Places
    Subjects
    royal portrait, German (subject, nationality), woman, 18th century costume, ceremonial costume, ermine, robe, dress, pearls, tassel, fur, crown, Queen Consort, column, pillar (architectural feature), window, cushion
    Materials & Techniques
    canvas, oil, oil painting
  • Details
    Artist
    Charles Jervas (c.1675 - 1739)
    Enoch Seeman (1694 - 1744)
    Title
    Caroline Wilhelmina of Brandenburg-Anspach (1683-1737) Consort of King George II
    Date
    Medium
    Oil on canvas
    Dimensions
    height: 241.00 cm, width: 153.50 cm
    Acquisition
    Purchased from Lord Waldegrave, 1900
    Provenance
    Collection of William Frederick Waldegrave, ninth Earl Waldegrave (1851-1930); from whom purchased by the Office of Works in 1900
    GAC number
    0/83