A portrait miniature of Friedrich August I of Saxony - image-1

Lot 271 Dα

A portrait miniature of Friedrich August I of Saxony

Auction 1130 - overview Cologne
16.05.2019, 16:00 - Jewellery
Estimate: 1.000 € - 1.500 €
Result: 1.240 € (incl. premium)

A portrait miniature of Friedrich August I of Saxony

Gouache on ivory. Presumably after a painting by Carl Christian Vogel von Vogelstein (1823). Portrait facing left in a white uniform with the order of the Golden Fleece and the star of the Royal Saxon order of the "Rautenkrone". In a gilt metal frame. A round scratch to the left edge. 4 x 3 cm. Frame 4.7 x 3.6 cm.
German school, circa 1815.

Prince Elector Friedrich August "the Just" of Saxony (Dresden 1750 - 1827) refused the hereditary kingship, but was later raised to King of Saxony and Duke of Warsaw in 1806.

Provenance

Lower Saxon private collection.