Therbusch, Anna Dorothea (Vorlage): Porträt Hans Joachim von Zieten

Unknown artist

Knee piece Hans Joachim von Zieten (1699-1786), the well-known and popular general of the Prussian cavalry, standing half-left in a landscape with equestrian battles, clothed with hermelin, with black Eagle orders hanging the Hussar cap next to him on the tree. Berckenhagen records two repetitions of the preserved painting (foundation Prussian castles and gardens of Berlin-Brandenburg GK I 8405), once the present one and one by Chr. B. Glassbach 1781. <br /;> <br /;> Old stock of the Märkisches Museum. <br /;> <br /;> Designated li. u. "A. D. Therbushes punx. 1769, "re. u. "D. Berger sc: Berolini 1782., “including coat of arms and title” Hans Joachim von Zieten - Royal Prussian General of the Cavalry,/Chief of a regiment Hussaren des Schwartzen Adler Order, Knight,/Erb Lehns and court lord zu Wustrau."<br /;> <br /;> Literature: Eckhart Berckenhagen, Anna Dorothea Therbusch, in: Journal of the German Association for Art Studies 41 (1987), pp. 118-160, Nr. 130 [with working directory]