Heinrich von Brühl
✓ Source-basedfallingGerman statesman and art collector at the court of Saxony (1700-1763)
Heinrich, Count von Brühl, was a Polish-Saxon statesman at the court of Saxony and the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth and a member of the powerful German von Brühl family. The incumbency of this ambitious politician coincided with the decline of both states.
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Count Brühl's Goat by Carl Seiler depicting Brühl showing off his extravagant Meissen porcelain. Victoria and Albert Museum
Count Brühl's Tailor on a Goat - satirical porcelain figure by Meissen
Heinrich von Brühl by Marcello Bacciarelli (1758-1763), National Museum in Warsaw
Brühl Palace in Warsaw, one of the largest palaces and one of the finest examples of rococo architecture in pre-war PolandAwards 2
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Politicians from Germany 6
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Heinrich, Count von Brühl, was a Polish-Saxon statesman at the court of Saxony and the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth and a member of the powerful German von Brühl family. The incumbency of this ambitious politician coincided with the decline of both states. Brühl was a skillful diplomat and cunning strategist, who managed to attain control over Saxony and Poland, partly by controlling its king, Augustus III, who ultimately could only be accessed through Brühl himself.
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