Maurice de Saxe as painted by Jean-Etienne Liotard (Swiss, 1702-1789) from the original kept at the Musée de l'Armée in Paris. This famous painting shows Maurice in the uniform of an officer of the volunteer dragoons, which he created. Under his right hand he holds the dragoon helmet of his unit decorated with panther skin. Those of the troops were of sealskin. His left hand grasps a marshal's baton indicating his status as marshal of France. In the background can be seen two of the famous Uhlans de Saxe, Maurice's body guard of the elite company. Although this painting shows both Maurice and his Uhlans wearing blue coats, the regulations prescribed green ones. I don't know whether Liotard used artistic license here or whether Maurice's own coat was supposed to be this shade of blue because of his rank. This same painting is reproduced in Nancy Mitford's book, Madame de Pompadour, and the colors are the same as shown here.

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