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Olof Arenius

(Sweden, 1700-1766)
Estimate
30 000 - 40 000 SEK
2 850 - 3 800 EUR
2 990 - 3 990 USD
Hammer price
70 000 SEK
Purchasing info
For condition report contact specialist
Johan Jinnerot
Stockholm
Johan Jinnerot
Specialist Art and Old master paintings
+46 (0)739 400 801
Olof Arenius
(Sweden, 1700-1766)

"Countess Kristina Margareta Augusta Wrede-Sparre" (1714-1780) (née Törnflycht), executed 1737.

Oil on vellum laid on copper/brass, 16,5 x 13,5 cm. Original giltwood frame.

Provenance

Carl Gustaf Tessins collection (1695-1770), Åkerö, Sweden.
Thereafter the families Cederström and Leijonhufvud,
owners of Åkerö from 1838-39 to 1900. By decent to
Birgitta Leijonhufvud, born Nisser (1906-1988).

Literature

Gunnar W Lundberg, "Ett rokokoporträtt och dess tillkomst", in Fataburen, The Nordic Museum and Skansens yearbook 1960, p. 138-139, ill. at p. 140.

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