Portrait of a Man in Hussar Uniform, possibly Ladislaus Kökényesdi von Vetes (c. 1680-1756),

um 1705

Material / Technology / Carrier

Pastel on paper on canvas

Dimensions of the object

80,2 x 63,7 cm

Displayed

AP OG Saal XIIa

Department

French Painting

Genre

Painting

Inventory number

9059

Acquisition

Angeblich aus der Galerie Mannheim

Stock

Bayerische Staatsgemäldesammlungen - Alte Pinakothek München

Citation

Joseph Vivien, Bildnis eines Mannes in Husarenuniform, vielleicht des Ladislaus Kökényesdi von Vetes (um 1680-1756), um 1705, Bayerische Staatsgemäldesammlungen - Alte Pinakothek München, URL: https://www.sammlung.pinakothek.de/en/artwork/VJzG6VXGWO (Last updated on 12.12.2023)

The man in a Hussar uniform cannot be definitively identified. Although it has been proposed that the sitter is Ladislaus Kökényesdi von Vetes, a Hungarian diplomat in the service of Count Franz II Rákóczy, who starting in 1704 spent an extended period at the court of Elector Max Emanuel in Brussels, there is no evidence of this, nor is there any evidence that it was created at this time. The masterful execution of details such as the fur is reminiscent of Vivien's late Self-Portrait of 1730.