Adam Rudolf von Schönberg. Oil painting after A. Graff.

Adam Rudolf von Schönberg was an officer of the Saxon court 1745-1795; Postmaster of the Saxon Electorate; knight of the Order of St John of Jerusalem; rebuilder of the Hospital of St John at Sayda in Saxony

He wears three Maltese crosses: one on the front of the shoulder of his cloak, the second on a brooch, in which the cross is surmounted by a crown, and the third on a chain, in which the Maltese cross alternates with other motifs. A fourth Maltese cross appears in a golden decoration lying on a red rug, right: the cross lies on a ground of sun-rays and bears around the extremities the letters RESTITUTOR and in the centre the letters CS surmounted by a crown. In the background of the painting is shown a prospect of his house at Reichstädt, Saxony

1 painting : oil on canvas ; canvas 223 x 125.5 cm

Name and titles of Adam Rudolf von Schönberg inscribed on a plan of his estate at Reichstädt, lower centre: Plan du chateau et du jardin de Reichstaedt / [...] à son très venerable excel[lence] / Monseig[neur] A.R. de Schoenberg / Seigneur de Reichstaedt Purschensleib / Sade et Maxen / Comseller prive actuel de son Altes[se] Serenis[sime], le Electeur de Saxe, / General Maitre des Postes / en Saxe / Chevalier de l'Ordre de St Jean de Maltha et du Danbroug / Commandeur designe d[e?] Lagow expedié [?] par le Inspecteur B[...]

Wellcome Collection 45805i

After: a painting attributed to Anton Graff, who was court painter in Dresden from 1766. The painting was hanging in the sitter's house at Reichstädt until it was removed in World War II. It is shown in a photograph of the original room setting (information from the current owner of the house, 2007)