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Philippe Mercier: 'The Music Party'  wikidata:Q28045233 reasonator:Q28045233
Artist
Philippe Mercier  (1689–1760)  wikidata:Q3380372
 
Philippe Mercier
Alternative names
Philip Mercier
Description French painter, etcher, librarian, portraitist and visual artist
Date of birth/death 1689 Edit this at Wikidata 18 July 1760 Edit this at Wikidata
Location of birth/death Berlin Edit this at Wikidata London Edit this at Wikidata
Work period Rococo
era QS:P2348,Q122960
Work location
London Edit this at Wikidata
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creator QS:P170,Q3380372
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Title
Group portrait of the children of king George II of England Edit this at Wikidata
title QS:P1476,en:"Group portrait of the children of king George II of England Edit this at Wikidata"
label QS:Len,"Group portrait of the children of king George II of England Edit this at Wikidata"
label QS:Lpt,"Encontro musical"
label QS:Lde,"'The Music Party'"
label QS:Lnl,"Groepsportret van de kinderen van koning George II van Engeland"
Object type painting Edit this at Wikidata
Genre group portrait Edit this at Wikidata
Description
English: Frederick, Prince of Wales, and his sister
In this portrait the 26-year-old Prince is shown playing the cello with three of his younger sisters; from left to right, Anne, Princess Royal (age 24) at the harpsicord, Princess Caroline (age 20) plucking a mandora (a form of lute) and Princess Amelia (age 22) reading from Milton. In the background is the Dutch House or Kew Palace at Kew where Anne lived before her marriage in 1734 to Prince William of Orange. The suggestion of harmony between the siblings belies the antipathy felt by his family for Frederick; it is said that he was hardly on speaking terms with Anne in the year that this portrait was painted.
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Date 1733 Edit this at Wikidata
Medium oil on canvas Edit this at Wikidata
Dimensions height: 45.1 cm (17.7 in) Edit this at Wikidata; width: 57.8 cm (22.7 in) Edit this at Wikidata
dimensions QS:P2048,+45.1U174728
dimensions QS:P2049,+57.8U174728
institution QS:P195,Q238587
Accession number
NPG 1556 (National Portrait Gallery) Edit this at Wikidata
Exhibition history Frauensache. Wie Brandenburg Preußen wurde, 22 August - 22 November 2015 [1]
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National Portrait Gallery: NPG 1556

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