Live Auction 3025The Decorative Arts Sale incl. Fine Paintings
Circle of Louis Silvestre II (Sceaux 1675-1760 Paris)
Lot 182 PROPERTY OF A DUTCH NOBLEMAN

Circle of Louis Silvestre II (Sceaux 1675-1760 Paris)

Portrait of King Augustus III of Poland, Frederick August II of Saxony (1696-1763), three-quarter-length, with the Order of the Golden Fleece and the Order of the White Eagle, standing in a landscape

Closed27 March 2013

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EUR 15,000

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Circle of Louis Silvestre II (Sceaux 1675-1760 Paris)
Portrait of King Augustus III of Poland, Frederick August II of Saxony (1696-1763), three-quarter-length, with the Order of the Golden Fleece and the Order of the White Eagle, standing in a landscape
oil on canvas laid down on panel
133 x 98.1 cm.

Specialist note

Louis de Silvestre, famous for his portraits of royals and nobility in France, was invited by Frederick August II, prince-elector of Saxony, the later Augustus III of Poland, to the court of his father, August II the Strong, where he was to have a very succesfull carreer, painting both father and son on numerous occasions.

While this portrait of Frederick August is not signed, it would seem to be very close to the work of Louis de Silvestre, and may have been done by a pupil.