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Portrait of Augustus II the Strong

Lost Art-ID
629887
Single photograph of the painting probably before 1943, SLUB Dresden, photo library, df_hauptkatalog_0140812; author: probably Walter Möbius
Copy of a very similar painting “der Kgl: Gemälde-Galerie zu Dresden 1909.”
Artist / Creator
Mányoki, Adám (?)
Birth
1673, Szokolya
Death
1756.08.06, Dresden
Place of activity
Hamburg, Berlin, Homonna (Ungarn), Danzig, Dessau, Wien, Dresden, Tahi-Tótfalu
Artist / Creator
Fehling, Heinrich Christoph
Birth
23. April 1654, Sangerhausen
Death
Mitte November 1725, Dresden
Title
Portrait of Augustus II the Strong
Dating
1713 (around)
Object type
Painting
Group of reported objects
Painting
Material / Technique
Oil ; Canvas / painted
Measures
85,0 cm x 65,0 cm (Genaue Maße nicht bekannt)
Height
90.00 cm
Width
68.00 cm
Inventory number
Cap. I A. a. 351
Description
Painting of Augustus the Strong; the sitter in Red coat with a cuirass and blue medal ribbon underneath, medal star, white neckerchief.
Provenance
In Inventory No. 1 of 31 January 1920, as part of the 1924 settlement agreement between the Free State of Saxony and the former royal house, state property since 1918. The painting remained in the ‘Wasa Room’ of the Dresden Castle at the end of the dispute with the Wettin family association; On the list of art objects of particular value, drawn up by the head of the revenue office, the bailiff Hugo Bahr, and the castle administrator Johannes Bibrach on 6 May 1942, it says under „Thronsaal Aug. d. St.“ : „1 Gemälde“. The painting was initially brought to Pillnitz Castle along with 60 other paintings. From there, on 7 December 1943, they were brought to the relocation site, the manor house of the Rehnsdorf estate (now part of the town of Elstra in the district of Bautzen). In view of the situation, Gauleiter Martin Mutschmann ordered on 19 January 1945 that all relocation sites east of the Elbe be cleared and the salvage transferred to depots west of the Elbe. This also included the objects salvaged from the Rehnsdorf manor. The transport of 61 paintings from Rehnsdorf to Schieritz Castle took place on 26 March 1945; According to the records, they were lost at the relocation site.
Literature / Source

Gardemeuble-Verzeichnis der Gemälde unter Cap. I. A. a. 351

Inventarverzeichnis Nr. 1 vom 31.01.1920 („Schloß und Palais am Taschenberg zu Dresden sowie Palais Parkstraße 7“),

Auseinandersetzungsvertrages des Freistaates Sachsen und dem vormaligen Königshaus von 1924, „Wohnzimmer nach dem Stallhof“

Published since
25.06.2025
Contact

Sächsisches Staatsministerium der Finanzen
Carolaplatz 1
01097 Dresden
Germany

Homepage
https://www.smf.sachsen.de
Contact
Prof. Dr. Dirk Jäschke
Position
Referatsleiter
Phone
0351/ 564 444200
E-Mail
Dirk.Jaeschke@smf.sachsen.de
Contact
Tobias Seefeld
Position
Referent
Phone
0351/ 564 444210
E-Mail
Tobias.Seefeld@smf.sachsen.de
Circumstances of loss reported as
Looted property
Search Request, Institution

Sächsisches Staatsministerium der Finanzen

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