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Carl Fredrik von Breda

(Sweden, 1759-1818)
Estimate
20 000 - 25 000 SEK
1 900 - 2 370 EUR
2 000 - 2 500 USD
Hammer price
36 000 SEK
Purchasing info
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Lisa Gartz
Stockholm
Lisa Gartz
Head Specialist Silver
+46 (0)709 17 99 93
Carl Fredrik von Breda
(Sweden, 1759-1818)

”Johan Georgsson Wegelin” (1768-1843)

Signed Breda pinx and dated London 1793. Relined canvas 84 x 68 cm. Period frame.

Provenance

Ph.D. J.A. Almquist, Stockholm, Sweden.

Literature

Emil Hultmark, "Carl Fredrik von Breda", 1915, Listed in the catalogue as no 77, p. 136.
Sixten Strömbom, "Index över svenska porträtt 1500-1850", 1939, Volume II, SPA no 1925:7. Listed at p. 908, ill. no 1096.

More information

Johan Georgsson Wegelin (1768-1843) was a businessman and chairman of the bourgeois, representing in parliament.
Wegelin became a wholesaler in 1795 and received the title of commercial councilor in 1808. He was a councilor for Stockholm's bourgeoisie at the election day in Örebro in 1810, he was also appointed chairman of the bourgeoisie at the parliament in 1812 and 1815. Wegelin had many high positions at different Executive Boards and at the Swedish Central Bank.