Zu Denners Porträts des oder der Grafen von Zinzendorf

Abstract

A series of Zinzendorf portraits in Herrnhut, Copenhagen and Budapest from Balthasar Denner’s studio were hitherto, in some cases despite noticeable differences, identified as portrayals of Count Nikolaus Ludwig von Zinzendorf. The arguments advanced for such identification are subjected to critical scrutiny in this article, which owes its origin to the preceding article by Kai Dose. Comparison of these portraits with the portrait in Branitz discussed by Dose supports his suggestion of identifying the person portrayed in it as Friedrich Christian von Zinzendorf, and the same identification is suggested for the Budapest portrait.