Lot 382. Louis-Michel VAN LOO (1707-1771), atelier de. Portrait de Catherine Opalinska, Reine de Pologne et Duchesse de Lorraine. Huile sur toile. H_86 cm L_68 cm. Cette oeuvre est à rapprocher du tableau conservé au musée lorrain de Nancy et donné à l’atelier de Van Loo. Estimate 2,000 – 3,000 euro. Métayer Maison de Ventes aux Enchères Paris. 11/20/22

Kilka portretów polskich rodzin królewskiech z nadchodzących aukcji. Katarzyna Opalińska (1680 – 1747) była żoną króla Stanisława Leszczyńskiego. Jej dwa portrety, w tym miniatura znajdują sę na rynku francuskim. Obok królowej, widzimy również portret Stanisława Leszczyńskiego (1677 – 1766). Te trzy prace są wycenione dość przystepnie.  Natomiast mam wątpliwości co do portretu Augusta II Mocnego (1670 – 1733) w Schloss Ahlden w Niemczech. Ten dom aukcyjny wielokrotnie już sprzedawał falsyfikaty polskiego malarstwa i nabija ceny estymacyjne pod niebiosa .

Lot 103. ECOLE FRANCAISE du XVIIIeme siècle, entourage de Jean GIRARDET. Portrait de Stanislas 1er, roi de Pologne, duc de Lorraine et de Bar. Toile d’origine. Hauteur : 80 cm. Largeur : 65,5 cm. Inscriptions au revers de la toile : “Stanislas Roy donné par lui à Mde de Ludre chanoinesse d’Epinal ; le 5 novembre 1751”. Inscriptions “Donné par le roi à Gabriel Florent Francois Mo de Ludre, de Frolois et de Richarmenil Primier. Gentilhomme de sa chambre”. Accidents et restaurations. Estimate 2,500 – 3,000 euro. Osenat. 11/27/22

Lot 229. École française de la seconde moitié du XIXe siècle. Portrait de Catherine Opalinska Leszczyńska (Poznan, 1680-Lunéville, 1747). Miniature ovale peinte, figurant Katarzyna Opalińska, épouse de Stanisław Leszczyński, roi de Pologne et duc de Bar et de Lorraine, et mère de Maria Leszczyńska, reine de France et épouse de Louis XV. D’après la gravure de Nicolas IV de Larmessin de 1734, d’après Jean-Baptiste Van Loo (?), conservée au Palais des ducs de Lorraine – Musée lorrain. Cerclage en métal doré, légendée au dos en français. H. 14 x L. 11 cm. Estimate 300 – 500 euro. Millon. 11/25/22

Lot 2266. David Hoyer (1667 Auerswalde – 1720 Leipzig) attr; Portrait of August the Strong as August II. King of Poland and Grand Duke of Lithuania and as Frederick August I Elector of Saxony
This representative portrait, painted around 1700, depicts August the Strong (1670 – 1733) as a young king shortly after his acquisition of the Polish royal dignity in 1697, by which he not only achieved a significant increase in rank as crowned head, but also secured greater political sovereignty. This is also expressed in this painting. August the Strong had himself depicted with a shoulder-length allonge wig in a breastplate, wearing a red ermine cloak embroidered with golden royal crowns. As a symbol of his power and rank, a royal crown and an imperial orb are also depicted on his right. At the same time, Augustus the Strong demonstrates his power as a general by holding a corresponding staff in his right hand, while a battle scene with a horseman is indicated in the background. This could be seen in reference to the Nordic War fought in 1700-1721 for supremacy in the Baltic region, in which the Saxon-Polish army under August the Strong also participated in alliance with Tsar Peter I of Russia against Sweden. Only a few paintings by the portrait painter David Hoyer have survived, mostly only engravings after his portraits. Hoyer studied under the Bohemian portraitist Johann Kupetzky; as a sought-after artist, he worked not only for the Saxon-Polish royal and electoral court, but also for Brandenburg-Prussia and Hesse-Cassel. Oil on canvas, doubl.; 106 cm x 84,5 cm. Frame. Lit./Exhibitions: “Prussia and Saxony. Scenes of a Neighborhood,” First Brandenburg State Exhibition, Doberlug Castle 2014, cat. ed. by the House of Brandenburg-Prussian History, Sandstein-Verlag, Dresden 2014, fig. p. 142, no. 2/12; “Of Swords, Sails and Cannon – The Sinking of the Princess Hedvig Sofia,” The Maritime Museum of Finland, Kotka, 2015/16. Attributed to David Hoyer (1667 – 1720). Oil on canvas, relined. Estimate 16,000 32,000 euro. Schloss Ahlden. 12/04/22