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Martin Van Meytens
J Haid, Martin Van Meytens, Engraving, Portrait Count Ferdinand Plettenberg

1736

About the Item

Johann Jakob Haid (1704-1767), engraver Johann Stenglin (1715-1770), engraver Martin van Meytens (1695-1770), inventor Ferdinand Count of Plettenberg (1690-1737) as a Knight of the Order of the Golden Fleece around 1736/1737Paper mezzotint Height: 47,2 cm (sheet) width: 31,8 cm (sheet) Height: 46,0 cm (plate) Width: 30,7 cm (plate) First intended for the clergy, after the death of his older brother Werner (+ 1711) heir and lord of Nordkirchen; hereditary marshal and privy councilor of Münster, as a diplomat of Bavaria successful preparation of the bishop elections of Clemens August v. Bavaria in Paderborn and Münster in 1719, the elections as Elector of Cologne in 1722, as Bishop of Hildesheim in 1724 and Osnabrück in 1728, and as High and German Master in 1732. In 1724, he rendered services to the establishment of the Wittelsbach House Union; from 1730, he pursued a pro-imperial policy and approved the Pragmatic Sanction of the Electorate of Cologne, for which he was awarded the Order of the Golden Fleece in 1732. After a court affair in 1733, he fell from grace and was dismissed from the service of the Electorate of Cologne. He transferred to the service of the Emperor, first as his representative in the Lower Rhenish-Westphalian Imperial District, and in 1737 was appointed Imperial Ambassador to Rome, but died suddenly before his departure from Vienna.
  • Creator:
    Martin Van Meytens (1695 - 1770, Danish, Austrian)
  • Creation Year:
    1736
  • Dimensions:
    Height: 18.51 in (47 cm)Width: 12.09 in (30.7 cm)
  • Medium:
  • Movement & Style:
  • Period:
  • Condition:
  • Gallery Location:
    Greven, DE
  • Reference Number:
    1stDibs: LU155029194452

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