Flemming Jakub Henryk (1667–1728), general of the horse artillery, minister to Augustus II, Lithuanian equerry, and a close friend of Stanisław Poniatowski, the king’s father. Engraving by J. W. Heckenauer. First half of the 18th century.
Copper engraving; 19.5 x 15 (pl. 33 x 19.5)
A bust of Flemming wearing a large wig, armor, and a richly embroidered fur coat. Below is a medallion with a five-field coat-of-arms shield; the description of the figure is inscribed on an oval frame. Flemming was Grand Equerry of Lithuania, General of the Lithuanian Artillery from 1710 to 1714, and, from 1711, Saxon Field Marshal, minister, and advisor to King Augustus II of Saxony. The print is signed on the plate; it was engraved by Jacob Wilhelm Heckenauer (1696–1738), a German printmaker, after a portrait by David Richter (1662–1735), a painter active in Stockholm, Rome, at the royal courts of Dresden and Berlin, and in Vienna. In good condition.
Lit.: E. Czapski, Catalog of Engravings, p. 73, no. 455
