High quality portrait miniature on cooper , executed ca. 1715 in the style of famous French portrait painter Nicolas de Largilliere (1656 - Paris - 1746) and depicting with large probability Friedrich August von Sachsen as crowne prince (for comparison see in wikipedia other portraits of Friedrich August by Hyacinthe Rigaud and Nicolas de Largilliere).

Literature: Thieme/Becker "Allgemeines Lexikon der bildenden Künstler von der Antike bis zur Gegenwart"; E.Benezit "Dictionnaire des peintres , sculpteurs, dessinateurs et graveurs",Gründ, 1999.

Inscription: unsigned .

Technique: oil on cooper. old gilt bronze frame with mahagony wooden matt of later period.

Measurements: image w 2 3/8" x h 3 1/3"( 6 x 8,4 cm), matted and framed w 5 3/4" x h 8 3/4" (14,5 x 22 cm).

Condition: in good condition.