A SET OF TWO EARLY 18TH CENTURY RELIGIOUS SEALS FROM THE COLLECTION OF DUKE CHRISTIAN AUGUST OF SAXONY-ZEITZ

A SET OF TWO EARLY 18TH CENTURY RELIGIOUS SEALS FROM THE COLLECTION OF DUKE CHRISTIAN AUGUST OF SAXONY-ZEITZ

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  • A SET OF TWO EARLY 18TH CENTURY RELIGIOUS SEALS FROM THE COLLECTION OF DUKE CHRISTIAN AUGUST OF SAXONY-ZEITZ
  • A SET OF TWO EARLY 18TH CENTURY RELIGIOUS SEALS FROM THE COLLECTION OF DUKE CHRISTIAN AUGUST OF SAXONY-ZEITZ
  • A SET OF TWO EARLY 18TH CENTURY RELIGIOUS SEALS FROM THE COLLECTION OF DUKE CHRISTIAN AUGUST OF SAXONY-ZEITZ
  • A SET OF TWO EARLY 18TH CENTURY RELIGIOUS SEALS FROM THE COLLECTION OF DUKE CHRISTIAN AUGUST OF SAXONY-ZEITZ
  • A SET OF TWO EARLY 18TH CENTURY RELIGIOUS SEALS FROM THE COLLECTION OF DUKE CHRISTIAN AUGUST OF SAXONY-ZEITZ
  • A SET OF TWO EARLY 18TH CENTURY RELIGIOUS SEALS FROM THE COLLECTION OF DUKE CHRISTIAN AUGUST OF SAXONY-ZEITZ
  • A SET OF TWO EARLY 18TH CENTURY RELIGIOUS SEALS FROM THE COLLECTION OF DUKE CHRISTIAN AUGUST OF SAXONY-ZEITZ
  • A SET OF TWO EARLY 18TH CENTURY RELIGIOUS SEALS FROM THE COLLECTION OF DUKE CHRISTIAN AUGUST OF SAXONY-ZEITZ
  • A SET OF TWO EARLY 18TH CENTURY RELIGIOUS SEALS FROM THE COLLECTION OF DUKE CHRISTIAN AUGUST OF SAXONY-ZEITZ
  • A SET OF TWO EARLY 18TH CENTURY RELIGIOUS SEALS FROM THE COLLECTION OF DUKE CHRISTIAN AUGUST OF SAXONY-ZEITZ
  • A SET OF TWO EARLY 18TH CENTURY RELIGIOUS SEALS FROM THE COLLECTION OF DUKE CHRISTIAN AUGUST OF SAXONY-ZEITZ
  • A SET OF TWO EARLY 18TH CENTURY RELIGIOUS SEALS FROM THE COLLECTION OF DUKE CHRISTIAN AUGUST OF SAXONY-ZEITZ
  • A SET OF TWO EARLY 18TH CENTURY RELIGIOUS SEALS FROM THE COLLECTION OF DUKE CHRISTIAN AUGUST OF SAXONY-ZEITZ
  • A SET OF TWO EARLY 18TH CENTURY RELIGIOUS SEALS FROM THE COLLECTION OF DUKE CHRISTIAN AUGUST OF SAXONY-ZEITZ
  • A SET OF TWO EARLY 18TH CENTURY RELIGIOUS SEALS FROM THE COLLECTION OF DUKE CHRISTIAN AUGUST OF SAXONY-ZEITZ
  • A SET OF TWO EARLY 18TH CENTURY RELIGIOUS SEALS FROM THE COLLECTION OF DUKE CHRISTIAN AUGUST OF SAXONY-ZEITZ
  • A SET OF TWO EARLY 18TH CENTURY RELIGIOUS SEALS FROM THE COLLECTION OF DUKE CHRISTIAN AUGUST OF SAXONY-ZEITZ
  • A SET OF TWO EARLY 18TH CENTURY RELIGIOUS SEALS FROM THE COLLECTION OF DUKE CHRISTIAN AUGUST OF SAXONY-ZEITZ
  • A SET OF TWO EARLY 18TH CENTURY RELIGIOUS SEALS FROM THE COLLECTION OF DUKE CHRISTIAN AUGUST OF SAXONY-ZEITZ
  • A SET OF TWO EARLY 18TH CENTURY RELIGIOUS SEALS FROM THE COLLECTION OF DUKE CHRISTIAN AUGUST OF SAXONY-ZEITZ
  • A SET OF TWO EARLY 18TH CENTURY RELIGIOUS SEALS FROM THE COLLECTION OF DUKE CHRISTIAN AUGUST OF SAXONY-ZEITZ
  • A SET OF TWO EARLY 18TH CENTURY RELIGIOUS SEALS FROM THE COLLECTION OF DUKE CHRISTIAN AUGUST OF SAXONY-ZEITZ
  • A SET OF TWO EARLY 18TH CENTURY RELIGIOUS SEALS FROM THE COLLECTION OF DUKE CHRISTIAN AUGUST OF SAXONY-ZEITZ
  • A SET OF TWO EARLY 18TH CENTURY RELIGIOUS SEALS FROM THE COLLECTION OF DUKE CHRISTIAN AUGUST OF SAXONY-ZEITZ
  • A SET OF TWO EARLY 18TH CENTURY RELIGIOUS SEALS FROM THE COLLECTION OF DUKE CHRISTIAN AUGUST OF SAXONY-ZEITZ
  • A SET OF TWO EARLY 18TH CENTURY RELIGIOUS SEALS FROM THE COLLECTION OF DUKE CHRISTIAN AUGUST OF SAXONY-ZEITZ
  • A SET OF TWO EARLY 18TH CENTURY RELIGIOUS SEALS FROM THE COLLECTION OF DUKE CHRISTIAN AUGUST OF SAXONY-ZEITZ
  • A SET OF TWO EARLY 18TH CENTURY RELIGIOUS SEALS FROM THE COLLECTION OF DUKE CHRISTIAN AUGUST OF SAXONY-ZEITZ
  • A SET OF TWO EARLY 18TH CENTURY RELIGIOUS SEALS FROM THE COLLECTION OF DUKE CHRISTIAN AUGUST OF SAXONY-ZEITZ
  • A SET OF TWO EARLY 18TH CENTURY RELIGIOUS SEALS FROM THE COLLECTION OF DUKE CHRISTIAN AUGUST OF SAXONY-ZEITZ
  • A SET OF TWO EARLY 18TH CENTURY RELIGIOUS SEALS FROM THE COLLECTION OF DUKE CHRISTIAN AUGUST OF SAXONY-ZEITZ
  • A SET OF TWO EARLY 18TH CENTURY RELIGIOUS SEALS FROM THE COLLECTION OF DUKE CHRISTIAN AUGUST OF SAXONY-ZEITZ
A SET OF TWO EARLY 18TH CENTURY RELIGIOUS SEALS FROM THE COLLECTION OF DUKE CHRISTIAN AUGUST OF SAXONY-ZEITZ

A SET OF TWO EARLY 18TH CENTURY RELIGIOUS SEALS FROM THE COLLECTION OF DUKE CHRISTIAN AUGUST OF SAXONY-ZEITZ

£4,850.00

Seal Detail

Each of circular outline, of steel with a rim of silver, finely engraved with coat of arms, mitre hat and religious motifs. the smaller with an iron handle (2)

Duke Christian August of Saxony-Zeitz (1666-1725) 

Christian August the Roman Catholic Cardinal played a significant role in contemporary church politics, as he was first canon and later Cathedral provost of Cologne. Both of these seals were used in his functions as bishop of Györ/Raab (as of 1696), cardinal/archbishop of Esztergom/Gran and primas of Hungary (1707).

He was Cardinal during the period that Augustus II The Strong was Elector of Saxony (from 1694) and the King of Poland and Grand Duke of Lithuania from 1697 to 1706 and from 1709 until his death in 1733. Augustus himself had to convert to Catholicism in order to ascend the throne of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth in 1697 and it was Christian August of Saxony-Zeitz who baptised him. 

Provenance

The Matrix Collection

Lempertz Auction 20th May 2016 - Selected Works of Art, lot 1024

Seal Specification

Height of larger seal:  12mm

Diameter of larger matrix:  73mm 

Weight of larger matrix:  426g 

Height of smaller seal:   55mm

Diameter of smaller matrix:   62mm

Weight of smaller matrix:  338g

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