Frederika Sophia Wilhelmina of Prussia (1751-1820), Wife of Prince Willem V

The portrait of Frederika Sophia Wilhelmina of Prussia was painted by Benjamin Samuel Bolomey in 1770, executed in oil on canvas. According to the cataloguing record, the work entered the holdings of the Rijksmuseum, where it remains part of the institution's collection. It is also associated with the Cultural Heritage Agency of the Netherlands Art Collection, reflecting its status within the national heritage framework.

The painting's dimensions are recorded as 207 cm in height by 103 cm in width, consistent with a full-length formal portrait format. No information is available regarding the original commissioner or the intermediate ownership history prior to its accession by the Rijksmuseum.

The work depicts Wilhelmina of Prussia, Princess of Orange, who would later become the wife of Prince Willem V. The 1770 date of creation places the portrait during her early adulthood, prior to her 1767 marriage context, and establishes it as a contemporary likeness rather than a later commemorative work.

The portrait is held by the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam and is part of the Cultural Heritage Agency of the Netherlands collection.

It is inventoried as accession number SK-C-1247 in the Rijksmuseum’s holdings.

The work has not been recorded as exhibited in the primary sources consulted.

Benjamin Samuel Bolomey, a Swiss artist who worked mainly in the Dutch Republic, painted this oil portrait of Frederika Sophia Wilhelmina of Prussia in 1770. The work belongs to the late Rococo period and is part of the Rijksmuseum’s collection.