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Prince Eugene of Savoy as Commander

The image depicts a historical scene featuring a dominant male figure in elaborate clothing, pointing with a cane to something outside the frame. Next to him stands a second figure who has a distinct outfit and wears aturban. In the background, there is a landscape with a fortified town and a battle or military confrontation occurring. [AI-generated with ChatGPT]
Prince Eugene of Savoy as Commander
The image depicts a historical scene featuring a dominant male figure in elaborate clothing, pointing with a cane to something outside the frame. Next to him stands a second figure who has a distinct outfit and wears aturban. In the background, there is a landscape with a fortified town and a battle or military confrontation occurring. [AI-generated with ChatGPT]
Johann Gottfried Auerbach, Prinz Eugen von Savoyen als Feldherr, um 1725/1730, Öl auf Leinwand, 272 × 163,5 cm, Erworben unter Mitwirkung des Vereines Freunde der Österreichischen Galerie Belvedere, Belvedere, Wien, Inv.-Nr. 11515
Foto: Johannes Stoll / Belvedere, Wien
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  • Prince Eugene of Savoy as Commander

  • Datec. 1725/1730
    • Künstler*in Johann Gottfried Auerbach (1687 Mühlhausen – 1743 Wien)
  • Object typePainting
  • MediumOil on canvas
  • Dimensions
    272 × 163,5 cm
  • Inventory number11515
  • Locations Belvedere, Upper Belvedere, 1. Floor (west), Room NW1
  • Credit LineAnkauf Dorotheum Wien unter Mitwirkung des Vereines Freunde der Österreichischen Galerie Belvedere

  • In this full-figure portrait, Johann Gottfried Auerbach depicted Prince Eugene—statesman, art collector, and owner of the Belvedere—as a victorious commander in a heroic pose. He points to a battle in the background with his commander’s baton. A Black page wearing an imagined uniform and a turban assists him by holding the helmet from the prince’s ceremonial armor. Whereas Eugene self-confidently looks out at the viewer, the page gazes at the prince. This anonymous figure does not depict a specific person. Against the backdrop of colonial expansion, he represents the stereotypical “other.” Black servants were included in further examples of European aristocratic portraits during this period as a way of conveying the sitter’s power and influence.
    • Sammlung Marquess of Tweeddale, Yester House, East Lothian (Schottland).
    • Brigadier-General Lord John Hay.
    • seit 1973 Sammlung Gian Carlo Menotti, Yester House, East Lothian.
    • Privatsammlung, England.
    • 2015 Thomson Roddick Scottish Auctions, Edinburgh
    • 2016 Ankauf Dorotheum, Wien
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