I think I read somewhere that Fritz did indeed have some of them painted? Or was that an urban legend?
Haven't come across it yet, so I vote for confusion with Dad and his Potsdam Giants.
This said, I could always be wrong, and at any rate, one of my recently translated Glasow summaries mentions Fritz gave him a special splendid red uniform to wear (which given that it's singled out can't have been the standard uniform for chamber hussars, not least because the color is wrong). If he looked especially good in it and he was, as I suspect, the 1755/56 Alcibiades, then maybe?
Yeah, Glasow might have been why I was curious about the date of the painting... ;) Because it depicts quite the good-looking guy! Who actually reminds me of Fredersdorf a bit, the older snuff box portrait.
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Re: Speaking of Paintings...
Date: 2021-03-26 05:45 am (UTC)Haven't come across it yet, so I vote for confusion with Dad and his Potsdam Giants.
This said, I could always be wrong, and at any rate, one of my recently translated Glasow summaries mentions Fritz gave him a special splendid red uniform to wear (which given that it's singled out can't have been the standard uniform for chamber hussars, not least because the color is wrong). If he looked especially good in it and he was, as I suspect, the 1755/56 Alcibiades, then maybe?
Re: Speaking of Paintings...
Date: 2021-03-26 09:57 am (UTC)