SCHOOL OF ANTON RAPHAEL MENGS (GERMAN, 1728-1779)

SCHOOL OF ANTON RAPHAEL MENGS (GERMAN, 1728-1779) Augustus III (1696-1763), King of Poland 1734-1763 and Elector of Saxony as Frederick Augustus II 1733-1763, in armour and ermine-trimmed blue cloak with a diamond clasp, wearing the blue sash and breast-star of the Royal Polish Order of the White Eagle and the jewel of the Order of the Golden Fleece, short powdered curly wig en queue; column and blue curtain in background on parchment rectangular, 2¼ x 3 in. (57 x 76 mm.), gilt-metal frame, the obverse engraved with the inscription ‘Augustus II King of Saxony… Raphael Mengs 1720-1779’