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German portrait painter of the 18th century (Active around 1745/50) - Portrait of Prince Albrecht of Brunswick-Lüneburg-Bevern (1725-1745) - Oil/canvas. 144 x 112 cm. 159 x 126 cm (dimensions with frame). Old frame. - An expert opinion by Prof. Dr. Helmut Börsch-Supan, Berlin, is enclosed in copy. A comparable engraving by J. F. Kauffmann is located in the portrait collection of the Herzog August Library in Wolfenbüttel (No. A 2276). - Provenance: Teutonic Order Commandery/Manor Lucklum. Very representative and historically significant portrait of Albrecht, painted as a half-length portrait depicting the prince facing half-right in cuirass with gorget and uniform coat of the Prussian Infantry (or Fusilier) Regiment 39, and an ermine cloak. To his left, a helmet with a plume; in the background, a cavalry battle. The sitter can be identified by an engraving by the Ducal Brunswick-Lüneburg court painter Johann Friedrich Kauffmann with the same composition and posture of the figure, but with some divergent details (Börsch-Supan). Albrecht of Brunswick-Lüneburg-Bevern (1725 -1745) was the fifth son of Duke Ferdinand Albrecht II (1680-1735) and younger brother of Duke Karl I (1713 - 1780). He died at a young age as a Prussian Major General in the Battle of Soor during the Second Silesian War. The painting was probably created shortly after 1745 in his memory, which is also indicated by the strikingly dark clouds in the upper right (Börsch-Supan).