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Tuesday, October 21, 2014

Count Saint Germain Paintings & Engravings

Artist's rendition of Count Saint Germain, from the cover of Better in the Dark

Horace Walpole, 4th Earl of Ormond, who wrote about Saint Germain in 1747

Prince Francis Rakoczy of Transylvania, reputed to be Saint Germain's father

Princess Violante (Wittelsbach) of Bavaria, reputed to be Saint Germain's mother.
She was the neglected wife of Prince Frederich de Medici.

An engraving of the Count of Saint Germaine, made in 1783, from a painting which has been lost.  People who favor the idea of Francis and Violante as parents of Saint Germain point to the engraving's likeness to both supposed parents' portraits.