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The Crown Prince Frederick II in his Corps de Cadets

Pesne, Antoine (1683-1747); French. Medium: oil on panel. Date: 18th Century. Kronprinz Friedrich II im Corps de Cadets (Uniform des Koenigsregiments); Frederick the Great (1740-86); Friedrich der Grosse; prince-elector of the Holy Roman Empire as Frederick IV of Brandenburg; King of Prussia from 1940-86, from the Hohenzollern dynasty; nicknamed 'der alte Fritz', 'old Fritz'; Provenance: Schloss Sanssouci, Potsdam, Brandenburg, Germany. Photographic Rights The Bridgeman Art Library.