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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THE CARNIVAL CARROUSEL IN THE ZWINGER COURT, 17 FEBRUARY 1722. Johann Alexander Thiele (1685-1752) Before 1725 Oil, canvas; 106x168 cm Dresden, Staatliche Kunstsammlungen, Gemäldegalerie Alte Meister, inv. no.: Gal.-Nr. 3603 Signed: „Eigentliche Abbildung des von Ihro Königl. Majest. in Pohlen, und Churfürstl. Durchl. zu Sachsen, den 17. February 1722. zum Beschluß des Carnevals allhier in Dresden gehaltenen Caroussel Comiques, Rennen, wie auf die vier Elemente die Attaque verrichtet wird, gemahlt von Alexander Thielen." 44. NOBLE LADY Attributed to Adám Mányoki Around 1715-1718 Oil, canvas; 80x65 cm Inscribed on the label stuck to the blind frame, in a late 19

th-century hand: "Tableau du XVIII Collection du Pilles appartenant a Rolande de Graffenried Villars" Budapest, Hungarian National Gallery, inv. no.: 2002.1 M Auctioned off by a German private collector near Strasbourg in 2002. 44. 45. JOHANNA CHARLOTTE, MARGRAVINE OF BRANDENBURG-SCHWEDT, BORN DUCHESS OF ANHALT-DESSAU (I682-1750) Daughter of John George II, duke of Anhalt-Dessau (1627-1693) and Henriette Catharina, duchess of Nassau-Orange (1637-1708). She was the sister of Leopold, duke of Anhalt-Dessau, and in 1699 became the wife of Philipp Wilhelm, Margrave of BrandenburgSchwedt (1669-1711). After her husband's death she lived mostly in Berlin. In 1729 she became the Abbess of Herford. Attributed to Adám Mányoki 1714 (?) Oil, canvas; 79x64 cm Stiftung Preußische Schlösser und Gärten Berlin-Brandenburg, Schloß Charlottenburg, inv. no.: GK I 51012 Appeared on the German art market in 1997 as the work of Antoine Pesne.