Count Eugen Reventlow (1798-1885) and Count Theodor Reventlow (1801-1873) were the children of Danish diplomat and noble Cay Friedrich Reventlow. Eugen was appointed Secretary to the Danish Legation in St. Petersburg in 1823. He remained there until his brother Theodor assumed the position in 1828. As Eleanor Middleton succumbed to illness in 1827, her diary entries likely refer to the elder Reventlow. The portrait in the Album however may be of either brother.
The bust-length portrait presents Count Reventlow facing partly left, eyes looking forward, against a background of grey clouds. The young man wears a blue-black coat with gold buttons, a beige waistcoat, and a white shirt with a black cravat.
Herregård sydøst for Eckernförde i den tyske delstat Schleswig-Holstein;
Var oprindelig fra omkring år 1550 ejet af familien von Brockdorff. Mette Brockdorff, født Rumohr, solgte i 1691 Altenhof til Henning Reventlow.
Hennings søn Cay Friedrich Reventlow (1685-1762) byggede 1722-1728 det nuværende palæ. Hans søn Detlev (1710-1783), der i blev adlet i 1767, var underviser for den danske konge Christian VII. Hans ældste søn var Cay Friedrich Reventlow (1753-1834), der i perioden 1797-1802 var leder af Det Tyske Kancelli i København.
I 1938 overgik ejerskabet af Altenhof til Marie Louise Mathilde Reventlow, gift Bethmann-Hollweg. Altenhof ejes nu af hendes efterkommere.
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