/internal/media/dispatcher/93575/fullPrince Eugene of Savoy as Commanderc. 1725/1730[Johann Gottfried Auerbach]Johann Gottfried AuerbachOil on canvas 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. Paintinghttps://sammlungtest.belvedere.at/objects/67618/rdf