1963 - Arent Vijgh (also Arendt or Arend Vygh) (Dutch portrait painter. Active in Rotterdam around 1705–1725) after

Arent Vijgh (also Arendt or Arend Vygh) (Dutch portrait painter. Active in Rotterdam around 1705–1725) after Portrait of Frederick Louis, Elector of Hanover and Prince of Wales as a Boy 19th-century copy based on a well-known oval portrait painted around 1710–1715. A charming, sensitive depiction of the prince (1707–1751), showing him in childlike, joyful play with a bird, while his magnificent attire reflects his high aristocratic status as a member of the House of Welf. When his grandfather George I and his father George II went to London in 1714, the then seven-year-old Frederick Louis had to remain in Hanover with his great-uncle Ernest Augustus II of Hanover and, as a child, became the center of attention at the Hanoverian court. Oil on canvas; 90 cm x 70 cm. Framed. After Arent Vijgh (active circa 1705–1725). Oil on canvas. 19th-century copy after a well-known portrait of Frederick, Prince of Wales (1707–1751), the eldest son of King George II of Great Britain and father of King George III.