Eugene of Savoy, attributed to François Coudray, 1724. The Austrian general Prince Eugene of Savoy (1663-1736) was one of the commanders of the anti-French alliance of the War of the Spanish Succession (1701-1714). In 1716 he was appointed viceroy of the Austrian (Southern) Netherlands. Eugene is portrayed here as a general dressed in a richly decorated state cuirass. About his neck is the insignia of the Order of the Golden Fleece. Eugene gave the bust to the Amsterdam banker George Clifford who had helped facilitate the princes many art purchases in Amsterdam.