Archbishop Elector Clemens of Trier, facing right in ermine cloak and black bands, wearing a black and white enamelled cross suspended from a red ribbon about his neck, powdered hair en queue

Clemens Wenceslas (1739-1812), thirteenth child of Elector Frederick Augustus II of Saxony (King Augustus III of Poland), was a brother of Eulalia, Princess-Abbess of Remiremont (see lot 207). In 1768, he became Elector and Archbishop of Trier, Prince-Elector of Augsburg and Prince-Propst of Ellwangen. Due to the French Revolution, he was depossessed of his Trier Electorate and emigrated to Bavaria. There he was well received by his nephew King Max I Joseph (see lot 175) who granted him a pension and a life guard. Despite the French invasion, Clemens Wenceslas was a great admirer of Emperor Napoleon.