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    Portraits of Frederick the Great - Wikipedia

    • Frederick the Great was the subject of many portraits. Many were painted during Frederick's life, and he would give portraits of himself as gifts. Almost all portraits of Frederick are idealized and do not reflect how he looked according to his death mask. It has been suggested that the most accurate representation of Frederick may be the picture of a flautist from Wil… See more

    Paintings and etchings

    During the lifetime of Frederick the Great a large number of idealized portraits were made of him by many painters … See more

    Monuments

    As during his lifetime Frederick protested against being depicted in monuments, only after his death numerous monuments were erected, including Johann Gottfried Schadow's Szczecin marble statue (1793) and … See more

    Conclusion

    Art historian Helmut Börsch-Supan concludes: “The king's indifference to his portrait ... and the difficulty of capturing his physical appearance in a picture, due to the mobility of his mind, have meant that there is no truly v… See more

    Bibliography

    • Helmut Börsch-Supan, “Friedrich der Große im zeitgenössischen Bildnis,” in Oswald Hauser (ed.), Friedrich der Grosse in seiner Zeit (Cologne and Vienna: Böhlau, 1987), pp. 255–270.
    • Edwin von Campe, Die graphis… See more

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