Lot 134
134
SAXON SCHOOL, CIRCA 1740
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SAXON SCHOOL, CIRCA 1740

Heinrich, Count von Brühl (1700-1763), in gold-embroided pink coat over breastplate, decorated with the jewel of the Imperial Russian Order of St. Andrew and the blue sash of the Royal Polish Order of the White Eagle, and wearing a powdered wig en queue; sky background

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SAXON SCHOOL, CIRCA 1740
Heinrich, Count von Brühl (1700-1763), in gold-embroided pink coat over breastplate, decorated with the jewel of the Imperial Russian Order of St. Andrew and the blue sash of the Royal Polish Order of the White Eagle, and wearing a powdered wig en queue; sky background
on vellum laid down on card
shaped, 1¾ in. (45 mm.) high, silver-gilt frame
Provenance
Collection of Architect Kurt Jahn (1903-1978), Darmstadt, inv. J.11.
Exhibited
Darmstadt, Residenzschloss, Schlossmuseum, 1974-2007, inv. no. 21083.
Special notice
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Lot Essay

Heinrich, Count von Brühl, German statesman at the court of Saxony, one of the most influential politicians of his time. Another miniature of him is illustrated in K. E. Schaffers-Bodenhausen/M. E. Tiethoff-Spliethoff, The Portrait Miniatures in the Collections of the House of Orange-Nassau, Zwolle, 1993, p. 431, no. 606.

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