
JOHAN DAVID SWARTZ 1678-1729, attributed Portrait of the Riksdag and Field Marshal Count Erik Sparre af Sundby, wearing a powdered long wig, white linden scarf, breast harness and violet fur-brimmed coat with gilded fittings - waist painting Oil on canvas (original canvas), 78 x 66 cm.
Signature on the back.
Registered in the Swedish Portrait Archive (SPA) 1919:991 PROVENANCE Lord Chamberlain Count Johan Sparre (1856-1938), Bro-Gård castle, Bro parish, Uppsala county, Uppland then inherited within the same family to date LITERATURE Swedish castles and lordly seats around 1900- beginning of the century, Uppland, Stockholm 1909, Nordic family book, illustrated page 284, mentioned page 285, Sixten Strömbom: Index of Swedish portraits 1500-1750 in the collections of the Swedish portrait archive, Vol. II, 1939, mentioned page 775 The Riksrådet and Field Marshal Count Erik Sparre af Sundby (1665-1726) was from 1683 in French military service in the regiment that was later called 'Royal Suédois' and he retired there in 1707 with the rank of lieutenant general. He then returned to Sweden and held several high military and civil posts. He was elevated to count and took the name Sparre af Sundby after the inherited Stora Sundby castle in 1719. Erik Sparre was the father of Ulrica Louise (Ulla), married to Carl Gustaf Tessin.
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JOHAN DAVID SWARTZ 1678-1729, attributed Portrait of the Riksdag and Field Marshal Count Erik Sparre af Sundby, wearing a powdered long wig, white linden scarf, breast harness and violet fur-brimmed coat with gilded fittings - waist painting Oil on canvas (original canvas), 78 x 66 cm.
Signature on the back.
Registered in the Swedish Portrait Archive (SPA) 1919:991 PROVENANCE Lord Chamberlain Count Johan Sparre (1856-1938), Bro-Gård castle, Bro parish, Uppsala county, Uppland then inherited within the same family to date LITERATURE Swedish castles and lordly seats around 1900- beginning of the century, Uppland, Stockholm 1909, Nordic family book, illustrated page 284, mentioned page 285, Sixten Strömbom: Index of Swedish portraits 1500-1750 in the collections of the Swedish portrait archive, Vol. II, 1939, mentioned page 775 The Riksrådet and Field Marshal Count Erik Sparre af Sundby (1665-1726) was from 1683 in French military service in the regiment that was later called 'Royal Suédois' and he retired there in 1707 with the rank of lieutenant general. He then returned to Sweden and held several high military and civil posts. He was elevated to count and took the name Sparre af Sundby after the inherited Stora Sundby castle in 1719. Erik Sparre was the father of Ulrica Louise (Ulla), married to Carl Gustaf Tessin.
original canvas retouches, repair, canvas slightly wavy For questions and condition report please contact pierre.olbers@auktionsverket.se.
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Welcome to our hammer auction Fine Art & Antiques, an auction with Swedish and International Art, Old Master Paintings, Furniture, Antiques, Works of Art, Asian Ceramics & Works of Art, Silver, Carpets and Jewelry.
Wednesday 8 June
Start 10 am: Asian Ceramics & Works of Art
Start 2 pm: Swedish and International Art, Old Master Paintings
Thursday 9 June
Start 11 am: Furniture, Antiques, Works of Art, Silver, Carpets and Jewelry.
Friday 10 June
Start 11 am: Books, Maps & Manuscripts
The highlight of the Swedish classic department is Carl Larsson’s Garden Scene from Marstrand. The painting is Swedish summer personified and an exquisite example of Larsson’s watercolour painting at its best. Several other en plein air painters from the late 19th Century are represented, such as Bruno Liljefors, Frits Thaulow and Per Ekström. The latter’s atmospheric painting Summer landscape, Chantilly, allows the viewer to get up close to nature. The auction also includes a unique collection of works by the animal sculptor Arvid Knöppel, which show his versatility and skillfulness as a sculptor and illustrator. The notable artist Axel Törneman is also represented with a larger collection of works. The painting Archer, depicting his son Algot, is perhaps the auction’s most colourful masterpiece.
The international department presents works by artists such as Emelie Preyer and the French symbolist Henri Martin alongside the artist Bartholomeus Sprangers, who was one of the first artists to immerse himself in the 16th Century Mannerism, which can be seen in the auction’s beautiful work Allegory of the Goddess of Victory. The Old Master department also features a portrait depicting Count and Major General Leonard Johan Wittenberg by David Klöcker Ehrenstrahl, executed in 1677, only three years after Stockholms Auktionsverk was founded in 1674!