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| Keywords: L.A.Bennigsen by P.E.Stroehling (c.1810-15, Royal coll.).jpg Artwork Creator Peter Edward Stroehling Stroehling ™s work in the Royal Collection allows us to trace a rare example of continuity between the masters of the Dutch Golden Age and those of the early nineteenth century Stroehling was brought up in Dusseldorf where a magnificent collection of the polished classicising and elegant works often on copper by artists such as Adriaen van der Werff 1659-1722 had been formed by Johann Wilhelm II Elector Palatine 1658-1716 Stroehling worked all over Europe but spend much of the first two decades of the nineteenth century in London; between 1810 and 1820 he was even styled ˜Historical Painter to the Prince of Wales ™ Stroehling ™s work elsewhere tended to be life-sized portraiture but the Royal Collection has an important group of small-scale portraits on copper executed with fine detail and a glossy finish; Joseph Farington perceptively referred to them as ˜painted in a Vanderwerfe manner ™ Stroehling ™s price for these ˜Cabinet Pictures ™ was 200 guineas each an impressive sum in the period even for a life-sized work ca 1810-1815 Oil on copper cm 18 9 16 1 Institution Royal Collection http //www royalcollection org uk/collection/400617/levin-august-count-bennigsen-1745-1826 other versions PD-old-100 Peter Edward Stroehling 19th-century portrait paintings in the Royal Collection of the United Kingdom 1810s Levin August Count von Bennigsen 1810s 1810s portrait paintings Male 19th-century oil oval portraits of men at bust length 1810s 19th-century oil portraits of men at bust length in military uniforms 1810s 19th-century profile portrait paintings of men 1810s Badges of the Order of St George in portrait paintings 1810s Badges of the Order of St John Russian Empire in portrait paintings 1810s Files uploaded by Shakko from various sources Oil on copper Sash of the Order of St Andrew in portrait paintings 1810s Star of the Order of St Andrew in portrait paintings 1810s | ||||
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