Maur bust, probably Germany, before 1733. Baroque pearls, gold, silver, partly gilded, partially painted, diamonds, rubies, emeralds, walnut. H 12.8 cm. Inventory number VI 121. Green Vault © Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Dresden 2016

By a note which can be found in the sealed on October 31, 1733 inventory of valuables room, was the "Mohr, whose eyes Zwey small diamonds in which ears are Zwey small beads, the collar is of a Perl with small Diamantgen, Rubingen Schmaragdgen ... ... given "on April 12 of the same year of" Ihro Royal. Highness the Chur-Prince in the green vault ... ". In this artwork, the later Augustus III. over had in the treasury museum of his father, is the 12.8 cm high bust of a Moor, whose body and turban are made of large, irregularly shaped shell beads. The head, the arms, the rich moving sleeves, the abdominal binder and the small base are made of silver, which was partially gilded. A restoration that took place in mid-1995, put dates a rich color version with blue and red areas, which emphasizes the darkness of belonging to the skin surface of the Moor. Stocking of diamonds, rubies and emeralds reinforced this impression. Of the former attributes to which, the arm and hand postures, only the loosely received with the bust linked gilt quiver. Compared to other fine specimens of the Green Vault This breast image that is mounted on a simple, nußbaumfurnierten base, almost inconspicuous appear.