One of a series of 22 portraits of Polish kings commissioned for the Marble Room at the Royal Castle in Warsaw. The painting is listed in the 1795 catalogue of the Stanisław August collection under no. 1177. Friedrich August I (1670–1733) of the Wettin Dynasty, Elector of Saxony (1694), King of Poland and Grand Duke of Lithuanian (reg. 1697–1706 and 1709–33) as August II the Strong. Inscribed on the back: AUGUSTUS II./ Elector Saxoniae/ Natus d: 12 Maij Ao. 1670./ Electus in Regem Poloniae./ d. 27. Junij. Coronatus-/ d. 15 7bris Ao D: 1697/ Obijt Varsaviae 1. Febr: 1733/ AEtatis suae 63./ Regni vero. 36./ Nro 21. The marble plaque beneath the painting is inscribed: AUGUSTUS II/ + MDCCXXXIII.