Richard Freiherr von Friesen

His Excellency and former State Minister Baron [Freiherr] Richard von Friesen was born at Schloß Thürmsdorf in Saxony, and died in Dresden. The oldest son of the art collector and estate owner Adolf Freiherr von Friesen, he studied law and became minister of finance for the state of Saxony. Friesen was member of the commission for the Royal art academies of Dresden and Leipzig. In 1885, the year after he died unmarried and childless, his art collection was auctioned off by Heberle in Cologne. An artwork by Geritt Lundens, Der Chirurg (The Surgeon), was offered as lot nr. 90; it was later owned by Adolphe Schloss.   Links: Entry on Richard von Friesen at the Stadtwiki of Dresden: https://www.stadtwikidd.de/wiki/Richard_Freiherr_von_Friesen Catalog der Gemälde-Gallerie aus dem Nachlasse Sr. Excellenz des Staatsministers a. D. Freiherrn von Friesen zu Dresden: sowie einiger kleinerer Beiträge aus der Verlassenschaft Sr. Hochgeboren des Herrn Grafen N. Baudissin zu Schleswig etc. ; Gemälde niederländischer, italienischer und deutscher Meister des XV. - XIX. Jahrhunderts ; Versteigerung zu Köln, den 26. März und den 27. März [1885], Heberle Cologne 1885: https://digi.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/diglit/heberle1885_03_26 Entry at the database of the “Central Collecting Point Munich”: https://www.dhm.de/datenbank/ccp/dhm_ccp_add.php?seite=6&fld_1=19464&fld_1_exakt=exakt&suchen=Suchen