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InscriptionsEngraved on side with armorials and crown for Christian Ludwig, Duke of Brunswick and Luneberg (1622-1665). Inscribed above the armorials: "VGGCLHZBVL" [Von Gottes Gnaden Christian Ludwig Herzog zu Braunschweig und Luneberg].

ProvenanceAbout 1650, Christian Ludwig (b. 1622 - d. 1665), Duke of Brunswick and Lüneburg (original commission) [see note 1]; by inheritance to his brother, Ernest Augustus (b. 1629 - d. 1698), Elector of Hanover; by inheritance to his son, George Louis (b. 1660 - d. 1727), Elector of Hanover, later George I, King of Great Britain (r. 1714 - 1727); by inheritance, through the Electors of Hanover, to George III (b. 1738 - d. 1820), King of Great Britain and Elector and King of Hanover [see note 2]; by inheritance to his son, George IV (b. 1762 - d. 1830), King of Great Britain and Hanover; by inheritance to his brother, William IV (b. 1765 - d. 1837), King of Great Britain and Hanover; 1837, by inheritance to his nephew, Ernst Augustus I (b. 1837- d. 1851), King of Hanover [see note 3]; by inheritance to his son, George V (b. 1819 - d. 1878), King of Hanover; by inheritance, through the Princes of Hanover, to Ernst Augustus V (b. 1954), Prince of Hanover. 2004, private foundation, United States; 2006, given from this private foundation to the MFA. (Accession Date: January 25, 2006)

NOTES:

[1] Engraved on the side with the armorials and crown for Christian Ludwig, and engraved above the armorials: "VGGCLHZBVL" (Von Gottes Gnaden Christian Ludwig Herzog zu Braunschweig und Luneberg).

[2] In 1816, the Elector of Hanover assumed the title of King.

[3] Because by Salic law a woman could not inherit the throne of Hanover, upon the succession of Queen Victoria of England in 1837, the crown passed to the oldest surviving son of George III.