Portrait of Ernst Christoph von Manteuffel
Date
c.1750
Sitter
Ernst Christoph Manteuffel (1676 - 1749, Saxon) , Diplomat
Creator
Johann Jacob Haid (1704 - 1767, German) , Engraver
Object type
Image reference
Material
Technique
Dimensions
height (print): 315mm
width (print): 175mm
width (print): 175mm
Description
Half-length portrait showing Ernst Christoph von Manteuffel in armour and a large cloak emblazoned with the Grand Cross of the Polish Order of the White Eagle. Manteuffel is turned slightly to the left, as viewed, and is seen with a long, white wig and the hilt of a sword visible at his right hip. The portrait is within a rectangular frame, with the Manteuffel coat of arms seen below.
Inscribed below: ‘Dec. III.’ ‘ERNESTUS CHRISTOPHORUS/S.R.Imperii Comes de MANNTEUFFEL/Eques Polonicus Ord: aquilæ albæ, S. Cæs. Mai. a Consilüs intimioribus, Regis/Poloniæ Electois qz Saxoniæ Administer Statg, et concilio intimo actualiter/adscriptus Capotaneus Novodvariæ, Dynasra Kerstinii, Kruckenbecæ,/Gandelini, Kruhnii, Laureæ, Gonsdorfü ss./nat. A.S.R. MDCLXXVI. d. 22. Iul.’ ‘J.J. Haid, sculp. A.V.’
Ernst Christoph von Manteuffel (1676-1749), Saxon diplomat, was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1748.
Inscribed below: ‘Dec. III.’ ‘ERNESTUS CHRISTOPHORUS/S.R.Imperii Comes de MANNTEUFFEL/Eques Polonicus Ord: aquilæ albæ, S. Cæs. Mai. a Consilüs intimioribus, Regis/Poloniæ Electois qz Saxoniæ Administer Statg, et concilio intimo actualiter/adscriptus Capotaneus Novodvariæ, Dynasra Kerstinii, Kruckenbecæ,/Gandelini, Kruhnii, Laureæ, Gonsdorfü ss./nat. A.S.R. MDCLXXVI. d. 22. Iul.’ ‘J.J. Haid, sculp. A.V.’
Ernst Christoph von Manteuffel (1676-1749), Saxon diplomat, was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1748.