Portrait of Stanislaus Leszczynski
Date
early 19th century
Sitter
Stanislaus Leszczynski (1677 - 1766, King of Poland and Grand Duke of Lithuania) , King of Poland and Grand Duke of Lithuania; Stanislas Leczinsky
Creator
Charles Gavard (1794, French) , Publisher
After
Jean-Baptiste van Loo (1684 - 1745, French) , Portraitist
Object type
Archive reference number
Material
Technique
Dimensions
height (print): 293mm
width (print): 245mm
height (paper support): 295mm
width (paper support): 245mm
width (print): 245mm
height (paper support): 295mm
width (paper support): 245mm
Description
Three-quarter length portrait of Stanislaus Leszczynski turned to the left as viewed and looking back at viewer. Right arm pointing away and left hand holding sword, he wears full armour and shoulder length wig. Helmet on the ground on the left hand side of the image.
Inscribed ‘Sic X. Son 5’ top right, ‘2518. Peint par J.B. Vanloo. Stanislas 1er (Stanislas Leczinsky) Roi de Pologne, duc de Lorraine et de Bar + 1766. Diagraphe et Pantographe Gavard’ and pencilled ‘Not FRS’.
Stanislaus Leszczynski was not a Fellow of the Royal Society he was the King of Poland and Grand Duke of Lithuania from 1704-1709.
Provenance: Noted in Catalogue of the prints in the possession of the Royal Society, by Henry George Plimmer FRS (1856-1918), manuscript, p.73
Inscribed ‘Sic X. Son 5’ top right, ‘2518. Peint par J.B. Vanloo. Stanislas 1er (Stanislas Leczinsky) Roi de Pologne, duc de Lorraine et de Bar + 1766. Diagraphe et Pantographe Gavard’ and pencilled ‘Not FRS’.
Stanislaus Leszczynski was not a Fellow of the Royal Society he was the King of Poland and Grand Duke of Lithuania from 1704-1709.
Provenance: Noted in Catalogue of the prints in the possession of the Royal Society, by Henry George Plimmer FRS (1856-1918), manuscript, p.73
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