Georges Desmarées, circle of - Clemens August of Bavaria, Archbishop and Elector of Cologne - image-1

Lot 12 Dα

Georges Desmarées, circle of - Clemens August of Bavaria, Archbishop and Elector of Cologne

Auction 1064 - overview Cologne
16.03.2016, 14:30 - Paintings 15th - 19th Centuries
Estimate: 6.000 € - 7.000 €
Result: 10.540 € (incl. premium)

Georges Desmarées, circle of

Clemens August of Bavaria, Archbishop and Elector of Cologne

Oil on canvas (relined). 82 x 69 cm.

Inscribed on verso in old handwriting: "Clemens August V. Baiern + 1761".
Clemens August (1700 - 1761) of the Wittelsbach line was named Archbishop and Elector of Cologne in 1723. He was also elected Bishop of Münster, Paderborn, Hildesheim and Osnabrück, as well as becoming grand master of the Teutonic Order in 1732. The breastplate as well as the cross shown on his cloak and as a pendant in the present work represent this position.

Provenance

795th Lempertz auction, Cologne, 25.11.2000, lot 1135. - Collection of Joachim Maas, Cologne.