Mar 25, 2025
Augustus the Strong, Elector of Saxony and King of Poland
Artist: Nicolas de Largillierre (French, 1656-1746)
Date:ca. 1715
Medium: Oil on canvas
Collection: The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, Missouri, United States
Augustus II the Strong
Augustus II the Strong (12 May 1670 – 1 February 1733), was Elector of Saxony from 1694 as well as King of Poland and Grand Duke of Lithuania from 1697 to 1706 and from 1709 until his death in 1733. He belonged to the Albertine branch of the House of Wettin.
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