ID 791875
Lot 31 | ANTON RAPHAEL MENGS (AUSSIG 1728-1779 ROME)
Estimate value
£ 100 000 – 150 000
Portrait of Friedrich Christian, Prince of Saxony (1722-1763), three-quarter-length, in armour, with an ermine lined mantle and the sash and star of the Order of the White Eagle
oil on canvas, unlined
61 1⁄4 x 43 1⁄4 in. (155.7 x 110.8 cm.)
Provenance
(Probably) Commissioned by the sitter's father, Frederick Augustus II, Elector of Saxony (1696-1763), and by descent in the family to the following,
Friedrich August III, Elector of Saxony (1865-1932), at Schloss Sybillenort, Szczodre, (probably) sold following his death with the contents of the castle and subsequently reacquired by a descendant, and by inheritance to the present owner.
Literature
Sammlungskatalog der Gemäldegalerie Dresden, Dresden, 1765, p. 242.
G.L. Bianconi, Elogio Storico Del Cavaliere Anton Raffaele Mengs: con un Catalogo Delle Opere Da Esso Fatte, Milan, 1780, pp. 25 and 87.
Sammlungskatalog der Gemäldegalerie Dresden, Dresden, 1782, p. 290.
J.P. Doray de Longrais, Oeuvres de M. Mengs, traduites par Doray de Longrais. Eloge historique de M. Mengs, par N. Guibal et Louis He´rissant, Regensburg, 1782, p. 19.
M.C.F. Prange, Des Ritters Anton Raphael Mengs, ersten Mahlers Karl III. Königs in Spanien hinterlassne Werke, Halle, 1786, I, pp. 106 and 159.
G.N. d'Azara and C. Fea, Opere di Antonio Raffaello Mengs, primo Pittore del Re cattolico Carlo III, Rome, 1787, p. XLI.
G. Schilling, Anton Raphael Mengs: sämmtliche hinterlassene Schriften, Bonn, 1843, I, p. 26.
Sammlungskatalog der Gemäldegalerie Dresden, Dresden, 1872, p. 373.
K. Woermann, Katalog der Königlichen Gemäldegalerie zu Dresden, Dresden, 1887, p. 69.
J.L. Sponsel, Fürsten-Bildnisse aus dem Hause Wettin, Dresden, 1906, p. 68.
A. Feulner, Skulptur und Malerei des 18 Jahrhunderts in Deutschland, Potsdam, 1929, XX, p. 24.
S. Pückler-Limpurg, Der Klassizismus in der deutschen Kunst, Munich, 1929, p. 33.
H.W. Singer, Neuer Bildniskatalog, Leipzig, 1938, II, no. 11741.
D. Honisch, Anton Raphael Mengs und die Bildform des Frühklassizismus, Recklinghausen, 1965, p. 117, no. 213.
S. Roettgen, Anton Raphael Mengs, 1728-1779, Munich, 1999, I, pp. 224-25, no. 153, illustrated.
Exhibited
Dresden, Berliner Saal, Die Grosse-Kunstausstellung, 1908, no. 549.
Darmstadt, Residenzschloss, Deutsches Barock und Rokoko: herausgegeben im Anschluss an die Jahrhundert-Ausstellung deutscher Kunst 1650-1800, 1914, with catalogue by G. Biermann.
Special notice
This lot has been imported from outside of the UK for sale and placed under the Temporary Admission regime. Import VAT is payable at 5% on the hammer price. VAT at 20% will be added to the buyer’s premium but will not be shown separately on our invoice.
Artist: | Anton Raphael Mengs (1728 - 1779) |
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Applied technique: | Oil on canvas |
Genre: | Portrait |
Place of origin: | Austria, Western Europe |
Auction house category: | Paintings |
Artist: | Anton Raphael Mengs (1728 - 1779) |
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Applied technique: | Oil on canvas |
Genre: | Portrait |
Place of origin: | Austria, Western Europe |
Auction house category: | Paintings |
Address of auction |
CHRISTIE'S 8 King Street, St. James's SW1Y 6QT London United Kingdom | |
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