Antique Portrait of Luisa of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, Queen of Prussia

Antique Portrait of Luisa of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, Queen of Prussia, belonging to the 19th century.
Painting set in a (non-contemporary) frame made of carved and gilded wood, restored and re-stretched in the past, is in excellent condition with no losses or color fading.
Luisa was venerated by her subjects as the "soul of the national virtue," and some historians have even gone so far as to write that she was "Prussian nationalism personified." According to Christopher Clark, Luisa was "a female celebrity who, in the eyes of public opinion, combined virtue, modesty, and sovereign grace with kindness and sex appeal, and whose early death in 1810 at the age of only thirty-four preserved her youth in the memory of posterity." Her reputation as a loving and loyal supporter of her husband was crucial to her enduring image; the cult that eventually surrounded Luisa's figure ended up being associated with the "ideal" feminine attributes: beauty, gentle nature, maternal affection, and marital virtue. 

Dimensions:
80 x 59 cm (with frame)