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Frederick the Great, Discussion Post 19

Yuletide nominations:

18th Century CE Federician RPF
Maria Theresia | Maria Theresa of Austria
Voltaire
Friedrich II von Preußen | Frederick the Great
Ernst Ahasverus von Lehndorff
Friedrich Heinrich Ludwig von Preußen | Henry of Prussia (1726-1802)
Wilhelmine von Preußen | Wilhelmine of Prussia (1709-1758)
Anna Amalie von Preußen | Anna Amalia of Prussia (1723-1787)
Catherine II of Russia
Hans Hermann von Katte
Peter Karl Christoph von Keith
Michael Gabriel Fredersdorf
August Wilhelm von Preußen | Augustus William of Prussia (1722-1758)

Circle of Voltaire RPF
Emilie du Chatelet
Jeanne Antoinette Poisson (Madame de Pompadour)
John Hervey (1696-1743)
Marie Louise Mignot Denis
Lady Mary Wortley-Montagu
Pierre Louis Moreau de Maupertuis
Armand de Vignerot du Plessis de Richelieu (1696-1788)
Francesco Algarotti

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First of all, I'm thrilled and awed at the same time that you drew Wilhelmine in a uniform inspired by Fiat Justitia, and would beg for a link, so I can link it with my story in turn!

Secondly: sorry, can't recall a Biche description that mentios fur collar. But chances are the Tagespiegel is right re: the painting showing Biche, because Wilhelmine did the same thing with Folichon at the Eremitage in Bayreuth (not just in the famous portrait with her which Fritz later used at the basic for the memorial statue; she also had Folichon included in a roof painting depicting the story of Chilonis in her audience room, see here.

Also, the sheer amount of female nudity in the concert room painting reminds me of my Dad during our recent Sanssouci visit eyeing all the female nudes and going "Are you sure he was gay?" Voltaire, who had no doubts in this regard, about Fritz' taste in interior decor as displayed at Sanssouci in the paintings: The subject was totally Priapian. Turtles billing, young men in the embraces of young women, nymphs beneath satyrs, cupids at lascivious sperts, people fainting with desire at beholding them, and rams and goats at similar pastimes. The supper was frequently seasononed with the same kind of philosophy; and any person who had heard the discourse, and looked at this picture, would have supposed they had caught the Seven Sages of Greece in a brothel.

I really loved the fic, I'll probably draw a proper thing eventually, until then the sketch I made is here. It's nothing grand or anything, but I hope you like it :D

I really need to go to Bayreuth at some point (when Cologne's covid reproduction rate is somewhat lower than 84...), the pictures on the website look gorgeous! And I'll definitely caption every future picture of Sanssouci as "the prettiest greek brothel you'll find in Brandenburg", this quote is great :'D

My plans for today were cancelled and thus I didn't have my friend to force to help with pose references for the dog picture, but I sketched Fredersdorf onto the canvas I got! I am happy to announce that the sketch is actually looking pretty good, which is somewhat frustrating since I spent six episodes of the X-Files painstakingly drawing Katte with the grid method to get everything right and he still doesn't look as close to the original as my 20 minute Fredersdorf sketch. To be fair, the new canvas is about a fourth the size of the other one, that makes it a little easier :'D Though now I am afraid to start mixing paint because I really don't want to ruin this sketch ._.

This is all SOOO GREEEAT!

*claps hands*

Oh, I love it! And have added a link in the footnote of my story.

Oh MAAAAAN, this is so great! I am really digging her in men's clothes :D That coat! is the BEST. I am so into her with a cravat and boots and her hair subtly different, a little more severe and less flowery.

Also illustration of my awesome giftfic, this is sooooo great :DDDD

Ooooh, this makes me think, what about Maria Theresia doing her Queen of Hungary coronation on horseback with a sword :D (I guess she wouldn't be in men's clothing / uniform but, like, if you want to AU it for that I would Not Complain :D )

(obviously you don't have to do any of my suggestions, I'm just really really excited about your art :D )

Aaah, thank you! :DD

Keep suggesting as many things as you want, honestly, I'm in a super artsy mood at the moment :D Might be because I am procrastinating on studying, but shhh...

I didn't dare to touch Fredersdorf with paint yet. I'll go to my workplace tomorrow and ask my boss and my coworker for advice, they might have a good idea as to whether I should use my acrylic paint or just buy oils ^^ It's gonna be great. Two flat pop art pieces of Fritz and Katte looking meh and a glossy thing of pretty boy Fredersdorf in the middle :'D

In the meantime I sketched out Fritz and his dogs! Well, so far it's Fritz and 2.5 dogs, dog 3 is in the middle of being constructed. I'm aiming for at least five dogs and a full background before Tuesday because that's when I'm going to my parents' place where I don't have my digital supplies. I don't usually draw animals, so the dogs might end up looking like strange giraffes, but it's going somewhere :'D Though I'll have to equalize the level of detail between Fritz and the dogs somehow, it's currently VERY obvious which one is within my artistic comfort zone.

Utterly unartistic me is in total awe. My "fanart" consists of making maps and captioning screenshots!

Strange giraffes sounds great to me! As long as they're *Fritz's* strange giraffes, I'll be happy. :D

Hee, I thought of your father when I saw that picture!

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