Lehndorff and I heartily approve of this beautiful painting of the worthiest of mortals. :) Seriously though, I continue to be in awe of how your paintings manage to capture something of the person. (And in this case do justice to the amazing punk wig, too!
If this is Lehndorff in his "I'm gonna leave"-mode, I wonder what he was capable of in full "Prince Heinrich is the center of the world"-mode :'D
Well, hiding from his carriage lest his heart would burst at the sight of Heinrich leaving Berlin, for starters, see the entries for the early May days of 1753. :) Lehndorff's diary entry for Heinrich's 1753 birthday went: January 18th: As this is the Prince's birthday, the court of the Queen Mother's is assembled in full. I am convinced that as many have good wishes for the prince as those wearing clothing on their skin. For to know him is to love him. I seek out my dear H., embrace him tenderly and await with impatience the next opportunity to be alone with him. (...) I feel something for him I haven't felt for anyone else. Sometimes I wish he was poor, so I could give him everything I have; at other times, I would be ready to do the most humble service if only that meant I could be always with him.
Author of "Prince Heinrich's development as a military leader" dissertation, in a disapproving footnote: "Eva Ziebura is totally misunderstanding the emo tone of the era when ascribing gayness to Heinrich or his entourage in her biography. Take Lehndorff. He was just that enthusiastic a courtier, okay!"
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If this is Lehndorff in his "I'm gonna leave"-mode, I wonder what he was capable of in full "Prince Heinrich is the center of the world"-mode :'D
Well, hiding from his carriage lest his heart would burst at the sight of Heinrich leaving Berlin, for starters, see the entries for the early May days of 1753. :) Lehndorff's diary entry for Heinrich's 1753 birthday went: January 18th: As this is the Prince's birthday, the court of the Queen Mother's is assembled in full. I am convinced that as many have good wishes for the prince as those wearing clothing on their skin. For to know him is to love him. I seek out my dear H., embrace him tenderly and await with impatience the next opportunity to be alone with him. (...) I feel something for him I haven't felt for anyone else. Sometimes I wish he was poor, so I could give him everything I have; at other times, I would be ready to do the most humble service if only that meant I could be always with him.
Author of "Prince Heinrich's development as a military leader" dissertation, in a disapproving footnote: "Eva Ziebura is totally misunderstanding the emo tone of the era when ascribing gayness to Heinrich or his entourage in her biography. Take Lehndorff. He was just that enthusiastic a courtier, okay!"