The Treasures of Saxony: How August III Built His Collection
The Treasures of Saxony: How August III Built His Collection
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2021

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52m

The Treasures of Saxony: How August III Built His Collection

Summary

Year 1763, the Seven Years' War is about to end. August III, Elector of Saxony and King of Poland, has died, leaving empty the royal treasury and an extraordinary collection of paintings, sculptures, jewelry and goldsmith masterpieces, which he considered a symbol of his greatness, and that of Dresden, one of the European capitals of Baroque art.

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Andrea Oster

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Released

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German

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Keywords

art collector
dresden, germany
docudrama
royal court
diamond theft
18th century
art history
baroque
renaissance painting
absolutism
treasure hunter
money misappropriation
art collection