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Portrait of a Man in Saxon Clothing

Cornelius Hojer (Hoyer)

Basic information

ID: Г-III-2
Author: Cornelius Hojer (Hoyer)
Name: Portrait of a Man in Saxon Clothing
Date of creation: c.1750
Country: France (?)
Technique: painting
Material: ivory gouache
Dimensions (height x width, cm): 6.1 x 4.7

Additionally

Type: graphic art
Genre: portraiture
Provenance: Purchased from the antiques dealer Isidor Dornhelm for the collection of Wladyslaw Lozinski on April 11, 1899. From 1914, it became part of the Gallery collection.

Information about author

Author: Cornelius Hojer (Hoyer)
Artist's lifetime: 1741–1804
Country: Denmark, France
Biography: Cornelius Hojer was a famous Danish and French miniaturist. At first, he studied at the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts, later he studied under the supervision of J. B. Masse in Paris. He worked in Paris, Rome, Dresden (1767–1768), Berlin, St. Petersburg (1781–1782), Stockholm, Weimar (1788), and Copenhagen.

Object description

The miniature represents a waist-length image of a man in metal armor, over which there is a blue ribbon and a blue camisole lined with red fabric. There is the star of the Order of the White Eagle on the camisole. A tricorn military hat trimmed with white feathers, and a red drapery or cloak with ermine fur at the bottom, which is hanging to the right, indicate the high rank of the person portrayed. Maurice, Count of Saxony (illegitimate son of Augustus II the Strong) was awarded with the Order of the White Eagle in 1719. In 1746, he became Marshal General of France.

Inscriptions

On the right at shoulder level there is an author's inscription: Hoyer

Portrayed person