Johann Friedrich August Tischbein was a German painter from the Tischbein family. His father was Johann Valentin Tischbein. He was appointed court painter to Friedrich Karl August, Prince of Waldeck and Pyrmont and also made several trips to The Netherlands. In 1795, he was hired by Leopold III, Duke of Anhalt-Dessau but left a year later to become an independent portrait painter. The Rijksmuseum Twenthe currently has an exhibition dedicated to Tischbein (the son) which had plenty of royal portraits.
The Tischbeins did several portraits of the Orange-Nassau family, including my favourite family painting (done by Anton Wilhelm Tischbein – the uncle of Johann Friedrich August) of Carolina of Orange-Nassau – about whom I wrote a book – which she gifted to her husband for his birthday. Unfortunately, that particular painting was not at this exhibition, but several of her children were. Of this exhibition, I think my favourite is the painting of Stéphanie de Beauharnais, Grand Duchess of Baden, and her daughter Louise.
(Photo by Moniek Bloks)
Anne of Hanover, Princess Royal and Princess of Orange (Photo by Moniek Bloks)
Detailing (Photo by Moniek Bloks)
Amalie of Hesse-Homburg and her three eldest children (Photo by Moniek Bloks)
Charles Frederick (later Grand Duke), Caroline and Bernard of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach (Photo by Moniek Bloks)
Leopold IV, Duke and Anhalt and his siblings (Photo by Moniek Bloks)
(Photo by Moniek Bloks)
Frederick William, Prince of Nassau-Weilburg – Son of Carolina (Photo by Moniek Bloks)
Augusta Maria Carolina of Nassau-Weilburg – Daughter of Carolina (Photo by Moniek Bloks)
Wilhelmina of Prussia – Sister-in-law of Carolina (Photo by Moniek Bloks)
Top: King William I of the Netherlands – William V, Prince of Orange and Princess Louise of Orange Nassau
Bottom: Frederick of Orange-Nassau, Wilhelmina of Prussia (Wife of William V, Prince of Orange) Wilhelmina of Prussia (Wife of King William I) (Photo by Moniek Bloks)
(Photo by Moniek Bloks)
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King William I and his brother Prince Frederick (Photo by Moniek Bloks)
King William I, his sister Louise and his brother Frederick (Photo by Moniek Bloks)
Louise of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, Queen of Prussia (Photo by Moniek Bloks)
The future Emperor Paul I of Russia (Photo by Moniek Bloks)
Paul’s wife Maria Feodorovna (Photo by Moniek Bloks)
Wilhelmina of Prussia (wife of King William I)
Stéphanie de Beauharnais and her daughter Louise (Photo by Moniek Bloks)
Wilhelmina of Prussia (wife of William V, Prince of Orange)
Leopold III, Duke of Anhalt-Dessau (Photo by Moniek Bloks)
(Photo by Moniek Bloks)
(Photo by Moniek Bloks)
(Photo by Moniek Bloks)
The Tischbein exhibition at the Rijksmuseum Twenthe will run until 19 January 2020. Click here for more information.
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