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selenakI'm no icon maker, but I did feel the urge to create some icons for my latest mini fandom, depicting some of its dramatis personae. Meaning cahn and mildred_of_midgard, but if anyone else wants to have them, you're very welcome, as long as you credit.
Wilhelmine, Princess of Prussia and Margravine of Bayreuth:
As you can see, the first one is from what is probably the most famous of her portraits, with her spaniel Folichon and a book. The last one is from the mid 1750s, i.e. France and Italian journey time, just a few years before her death.
Frederick II. : Here I avoided the famous Menzel paintings altogether, along with the iconic Old Fritz paintings. These are all from lesser known paintings showing him in his early 30s.
Prince Heinrich of Prussia:
The first one, Heinrich as a young man, is from good old Antoine Pense, like the equivalent Fritz portrait, obviously, the later from his later middle years and old age. You can see the post 7 Years War somewhat cross-eyed look, which the earlier court painters would never have depicted.
Maria Theresia:
The first one shows her as a young archduchess; it's fairly typical for the kind of portraits used to be sent around to other courts to shop for suitors once one's daughter has hit puberty. The second one is from her mid thirties, ten children later (with six more to go). Again, I avoided the most iconic portraits of her, which are from her old age.
Hans Herrmann von Katte:
Unfortunately, there's just this one portrait in colour online. Also, as with all of Mozart's portraits, note the utter absence of the well documented pockmarks.
Ernst Ahasverus von Lehnsdorff, diarist extraordinaire:
cahn and mildred_of_midgard, but if anyone else wants to have them, you're very welcome, as long as you credit. Wilhelmine, Princess of Prussia and Margravine of Bayreuth:
As you can see, the first one is from what is probably the most famous of her portraits, with her spaniel Folichon and a book. The last one is from the mid 1750s, i.e. France and Italian journey time, just a few years before her death.
Frederick II. : Here I avoided the famous Menzel paintings altogether, along with the iconic Old Fritz paintings. These are all from lesser known paintings showing him in his early 30s.
Prince Heinrich of Prussia:
The first one, Heinrich as a young man, is from good old Antoine Pense, like the equivalent Fritz portrait, obviously, the later from his later middle years and old age. You can see the post 7 Years War somewhat cross-eyed look, which the earlier court painters would never have depicted.
Maria Theresia:
The first one shows her as a young archduchess; it's fairly typical for the kind of portraits used to be sent around to other courts to shop for suitors once one's daughter has hit puberty. The second one is from her mid thirties, ten children later (with six more to go). Again, I avoided the most iconic portraits of her, which are from her old age.
Hans Herrmann von Katte:
Unfortunately, there's just this one portrait in colour online. Also, as with all of Mozart's portraits, note the utter absence of the well documented pockmarks.
Ernst Ahasverus von Lehnsdorff, diarist extraordinaire:
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Date: 2019-12-23 09:50 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2019-12-23 02:38 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2019-12-23 02:24 pm (UTC)specially (as I haven't yet had a chance to say, though I saw in on the other post) Lehndorff, who is henceforth going to be my icon for cluelessness :D (and maybe also for sparkly hearts)
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Date: 2019-12-23 02:41 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2019-12-23 08:06 pm (UTC)(I am also having to miss Star Wars for a while for similar reasons to yourself).
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Date: 2019-12-24 11:13 am (UTC)And she's still one of the most prominent Austrians of all time, is she not?
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Date: 2019-12-28 12:07 am (UTC)