Fridericus Rex Borussiae, Elector Brandenburgensis.
J. D. Schleuen Berlin [in pencil] 1740 [written in pencil] Engraving, sheet 340 x 255mm (13½ x 10"). Trimmed within plate. Repaired tears. Brown spot on cushion. Three quarter length portrait of a young Frederick II, (the great) King of Prussia (1712-86), wearing a chest plate, holding a baton with one hand and resting his other on top of a crown that rests on a cushion before him. Similar to the full length portrait made of him by Georg Paul Busch (fl.1713-56). Johann David Schleuen (1711-74) was a German printmaker and publisher, worked together with his three sons Johann Georg (1737-1799), Johann Friedrich (1739-1784) and Johann Wilhelm (1748-1812). Schleuen largely specialised in maps and topographical views.
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