Mustafa Aga in Stockholm 1727
On verso signed G. Schröder pinx. Canvas 45 x 38 cm.
Old gilded and bronzed frame in rococo style.
The painting is probably one of the paintings mentioned in the auctioncatalogue after Schröder: "Förteckning Uppå Framledne Hof Intendenten och Conterfejaren G. E. Schröders Schilerier och Portraiter, som komma den 9 och 12 October at förauctioneras i huset N.o 9 wid Beridarebanan".
Mr G Berg, Vårby estate, Södermanland, afyter him sold at auction:
Bukowski Auctionhouse, auction 124, 25-26 October 1899, catalogue no 22. (Bought by the Turkish ambassador for 410 Swedish Crowns).
Magaliff Antik & Konsthandel (Anrt and antiques dealer), Stockholm, bought 1964 by Akif Arhan as a gift for his son Mustafa Arhan in connection with his appointment as Consul General of Turkey.
Karin Åhdahl, "Minnet av Konstantinopel", 2003, compare ill. at p. 157 and 159.
Text in the upper left corner: "Mustafa Aga Envouyé à la cour de Suéde l'An 1727".