Caption

Prince Edward of Saxe-Altenburg 1804–1852 in the uniform of a general of the Bavarian cavalry, painted by Ernst Wilhelm Rietschel 1824–1860, military portrait en trois-quarts, seated interior figure, wearing uniforms and orders including Order of the Saviour Greek, Bavarian Cross of the Auxiliary Corps, House Order of Hohenzollern December 1841, and Order of St. Hubert before 1844; inscribed bottom right: SA Edouard / Duc de Saxe-Altenbourg / M. 1521; dated 1842–1843; Germany; miniature; height 33.9 cm, width 27.0 cm., A framed portrait shows a seated man wearing a blue uniform with decorative shoulder epaulettes and metallic embellishments, holding a sword vertically with one hand while the other rests on a small wooden table. The man has dark hair and a beard and looks slightly to one side. Behind him are muted gray and brown background washes, and a dark hat rests on the table. The scene includes shades of blue, brown, gray, white, black, and tan, with the frame appearing dark brown to black.

Credit line

Photo12/Liszt Collection

Reference

LZT26A17_009

License type

Rights managed

Available size

45.1Mb (1.7Mb) / 12.1in x 14.5in / 3628 x 4342 (300dpi)

Keywords

Prince Edward Saxe-Altenburg 1804–1852 uniform general Bavarian cavalry painted Ernst Wilhelm Rietschel 1824–1860 military portrait en trois-quarts seated interior figure wearing uniforms orders Order Saviour Greek Bavarian Cross Auxiliary Corps House Order Hohenzollern December 1841 St Hubert 1844 inscribed bottom right SA Edouard Duc de Saxe-Altenbourg M 1521 dated 1842–1843 Germany miniature height 33.9 cm width 27.0 cm framed portrait seated man wearing blue uniform decorative shoulder epaulettes metallic embellishments holding sword vertically hand rests small wooden table man dark hair beard looks slightly side muted gray brown background washes dark hat rests table scene includes shades blue brown gray white black tan frame appearing dark black.