Bidspirit auction | Louis de Silvestre and Andreas

Louis de Silvestre and Andreas Möller (workshop or successor) ”King August II of Poland'' / ”Christiane Eberhardine von Brandenburg-Bayreuth, wife of King August II of Poland''. Probably 1730s/ 1740''s - Kurfürst Friedrich August I. von Sachsen (August der Starke) 1670 Dresden – 1733 Warschau Christiane Eberhardine von Brandenburg-Bayreuth 1671 Bayreuth – 1727 Pretzsch Louis de Silvestre 1675 Sceaux – 1760 Paris Andreas Möller 1684 Kopenhagen – 1762 Berlin Johann Kupezky 1667 Bösing – 1740 Nürnberg Adam de Manyoki 1673 Szokolya – 1757 Dresden Oil on canvas on brown or grey ground, relined. Unsigned. Provenance: Collection General Music Director Christian Thielemann, Berlin. Excerpted versions or repetitions of the portrait couple in the Wachwitz Palace in Dresden from around 1940: Louis de Silvestre (after) ”King August II of Poland'', c. 1728, oil on canvas, 107.5 x 85.5 cm, Gemäldegalerie Alte Meister, Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Dresden, formerly inv. no. S 449, restituted to the House of Wettin in 1999, cf. Marx (1975), cat. no. 18. Louis de Silvestre (Art des) ”Christiane Eberhardine von Brandenburg-Bayreuth, Gemahlin König Augusts II. von Polen'', after 1726, oil on canvas, 108 x 86 cm, Gemäldegalerie Alte Meister, Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Dresden, formerly inv. no. S 445, today preserved in Moritzburg Castle, inv. no. 99/97, cf. Marx (1975), cat. no. 22a. As with the Wachwitz portrait pair, which was created by Louis de Silvestre or in his style, different painting compositions in the present paintings also prove that they were created in different environments. Prof. Dr. Harald Marx''s intensive examination of the authorship of the portrait of Christiane Eberhardine, first published in 1975 in the catalogue ”Die Gemälde des Louis de Silvestre'' and again in 1981 in more detail in his essay ”Andreas Möller und seine Aufenthalte in Dresden'', is a fascinating, dense journey through the royal Saxon court painting of the first half of the 18th century. These portraits are published in: https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Auguste_II https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christiane_Eberhardine_von_Brandenburg-Bayreuth Baroque frame in Venetian style, late 17th / early 18th century. Two-layer, corner-panelled construction. Red bolus over chalk ground, with remnants of gilding. Moulded and fluted on the sides. Carved acanthus leaf decoration, cross engraving, smooth reserves. Visible moulding with narrow intermediate groove. The frames are not part of the auction lot and can be purchased separately for €2,200 plus buyer''s premium. Bildträger doubliert. Malschicht mit Klimakanten, gesamtflächig mit zum Teil netzartigen Alterskrakelee und kleinen Retuschen, partiell auch an Krakeleesprüngen. Unter dem Firnis vereinzelte Altretuschen. Die Rahmen mit vereinzelten kleinsten Materialverlusten. Der Rahmen ”Augusts II.” an der re. Seite um 30 mm nachgefälzt. Der Rahmen ”Christiane Eberhardines” verworfen, u.li. mit einer Masseergänzung. Maße: 82 x 68,5 cm / 82 x 65,3 cm. Ra. 95 x 78,5 cm / Ra. 95,3 x 78,3 cm.