Adám MANYOKI (Szokolya, 1673 - Dresden, 1757), entourage of. - Lot 113

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Adám MANYOKI (Szokolya, 1673 - Dresden, 1757), entourage of. - Lot 113
Adám MANYOKI (Szokolya, 1673 - Dresden, 1757), entourage of. Portrait of a Hungarian gentleman smoking a long pipe. Oil on canvas (faded, old restorations) Numbered on the reverse of the canvas 2786 On the stretcher, a label with the number 23.269 132.5 x 92.5 cm Adám Mányoki or Von Manyoki, the most important Hungarian portrait painter of the Baroque period, was the son of a pastor. At the age of twelve, his family entrusted him to the care of a German officer, Dölfer, who adopted him and took care of his education. The young man studied in Lüneburg, Hamburg, then in Hanover with the painter Andreas Scheits and finally in Paris with Nicolas de Largillierre. Mányoki worked as a court painter in Prussia for Frederick William, in Hungary for Francis II Rákóczi, in Poland for Augustus II and Augustus III, and in Austria for Charles VI. Very personal, Mányoki's style combines German and French traditions. SOLD ON A CRAZY AUCTION Expert: Alexis BORDES.
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