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CIRCLE OF GEORGE DE MARÉES, CIRCA 1770
Lot 205

CIRCLE OF GEORGE DE MARÉES, CIRCA 1770

Closed27 November 2013

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GBP 1,125

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CIRCLE OF GEORGE DE MARÉES, CIRCA 1770
Prince Clemens Wenceslaus of Saxony (1739-1812), in ermine robe, bands, wearing a badge of an order suspended from a red moiré ribbon around his neck; interior background
on vellum
oval, 2.13/16 in. (72 mm.) wide, gilt-metal mount with wooden reverse

Specialist note

The sitter was a prince of the House of Wettin and was Archbishop-Elector of Trier from 1768 to 1803, Prince-Bishop of Freising from 1763 to 1768 and Prince-Bishop of Regensburg from 1763 to 1769. He was the ninth child of the Prince-Elector Frederick Augustus III of Saxony and King of Poland.