Venice was an essential stop on the Grand Tour for any good travelling cavalier, including for the Crown Prince of Saxony Frederick Augustus II (1696–1763), known later as Augustus III, King of Poland (fig. 1). Like his father, Augustus the Strong, the crown prince had a special interest in art, and especially the art of Venice. He therefore sojourned in the island city multiple times during his Grand Tour, most notably in February 1712 and later in 1713. Aside from experiencing the art of the great Venetian masters such as Tintoretto, Titian, and Veronese, Frederick Augustus also met Venice’s contemporary superstar, someone who was bringing the formerly derided techniques of miniature and pastel painting to the forefront of the art market: Rosalba Carriera (1673–1757). Fig. 1 ANTON RAPHAEL MENGS Frederick Augustus II, Elector of Saxony, and, as Augustus III, King of Poland, 1745, pastel on paper, 55.5 ×42 cm Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Dresden, Gemäldegalerie Alte Meister, Gal.-Nr. P 173 Fig. 2 ROSALBA CARR I ERA A Black-Haired Lady with Fine Golden Necklace Pastel on paper, 29.5 × 26 cm Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Dresden, Gemäldegalerie Alte Meister, Gal.-Nr. P 105 √
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