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Friedrich Christian, Prince-Elector of Saxony, Prince of Poland
Also titled Friedrich Christian, keurprins van Saksen, prins van Polen
Gottfried Boy (Frankfurt am Main, 1701–1755)
1751
- Medium
- canvas, oil paint (paint)
- Classification
- painting
- Dimensions
- depth 8 cm
- Museum
- Rijksmuseum
- Rights
- Public Domain Mark, as the museum states it.
- Who can see it
- Teens profiles and older: its subject is for older viewers (war, death, the Passion, drink or the like). How works are placed
About this work
The court painter Gottfried Boy portrayed Friedrich Christian of Saxony in full regalia. The likeness conceals the fact that he had a physical disability and used a wheelchair. Against the wishes of his mother, who wanted one of his younger brothers to ascend the throne, he became Elector of Saxony in 1763. He began instituting major administrative reforms, but died of smallpox after a reign of only 74 days.
