Buzási Enikő szerk.: In Europe' Princely Courts, Ádám Mányoki, Actors and venues of a portraitist's career (A Magyar Nemzeti Galéria kiadványai 2003/1)

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COURT PAINTER TO AUGUSTUS II, KING OF POLAND AND ELECTOR OF SAXONY IN DRESDEN 42. AUGUSTUS II (THE STRONG), KING OF POLAND AND ELECTOR OF SAXONY (1670-1733) Son of the elector of Saxony, John George III (1647-1691), and Anne Sophie, Danish princess, daughter of Frederick III, king of Denmark (1647-1717). After the death of his brother John George TV (1668-1694), he became elector of Saxony as Frederick Augustus I. He converted to Catholicism in 1697 and became King Augustus II of Poland. In 1697 he was elected knight of the White Eagle Order and the Golden Fleece. In 1693 he married the duchess of Brandenburg-Bayreuth, Christiane Eberhardine. He carried on extensive building projects in Warsaw and Dresden, turning both towns into representative monarchic centres of the Baroque age. Anton Balthasar König (1693-1773) After Adám Mányoki's portrait dated to around 1718, Between 1718-1722 Engraving; 383 x 276 mm Signed: "de Manjocky Pict: Regis: Pol. - A. B. König sculp: a. Berlin" Inscribed around the coat of arms of the Polish king and Saxon elector: "Frider: Augustus Rex Poloniarum et Elector Saxoniae etc. etc." Krakow, Muzeum Narodowe w Krakowie, inv. no.: Ill rye 31 041