325. SVENSK KONSTNÄR. around 1700, Portrait of Field Marshal Count Axel Sparre, oil on doubled canvas, 98x75 cm.

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SWEDISH ARTIST around 1700 Portrait of field marshal Count Axel Sparre wearing blue coat of arms with gold buttons, white linden scarf, neck armor with Charles XII's name cipher under royal crown - standing portrait Oil on doubled canvas, 98 x 75 cm.

Possibly, executed after a self-portrait in miniature by a young Axel Sparre.

Registered in the Swedish Portrait Archive (SPA) PROVENANCE Lord Chamberlain Count Johan Sparre (1856-1938), Bro-Gård Castle, Bro Parish, Uppsala County, Uppland subsequently inherited within the same family to date LITERATURE Swedish castles and manors at the beginning of the 20th 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 768.

Field Marshal Count Axel Sparre (1652-1728) was one of Charles XII's closest friends. Son of Axel Carlsson Sparre and Margareta, née Oxenstierna af Korsholm and Wasa and half-brother of Erik Sparre af Sundby.

Axel Sparre participated in Karl XII's campaigns 1700–1709 in the Great Nordic War, including the Battle of Düna, the Battle of Kliszów, the Battle of Fraustadt and the Battle of Poltava. Sparre then accompanied the monarch to Bender and took command of the Swedish army there after Karl XII returned to Sweden. Sparre was active as an artist and is represented at, among others, the National Museum in Stockholm.

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325. 2156164. SVENSK KONSTNÄR. around 1700, Portrait of Field Marshal Count Axel Sparre, oil on doubled canvas, 98x75 cm.

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SWEDISH ARTIST around 1700 Portrait of field marshal Count Axel Sparre wearing blue coat of arms with gold buttons, white linden scarf, neck armor with Charles XII's name cipher under royal crown - standing portrait Oil on doubled canvas, 98 x 75 cm.

Possibly, executed after a self-portrait in miniature by a young Axel Sparre.

Registered in the Swedish Portrait Archive (SPA) PROVENANCE Lord Chamberlain Count Johan Sparre (1856-1938), Bro-Gård Castle, Bro Parish, Uppsala County, Uppland subsequently inherited within the same family to date LITERATURE Swedish castles and manors at the beginning of the 20th 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 768.

Field Marshal Count Axel Sparre (1652-1728) was one of Charles XII's closest friends. Son of Axel Carlsson Sparre and Margareta, née Oxenstierna af Korsholm and Wasa and half-brother of Erik Sparre af Sundby.

Axel Sparre participated in Karl XII's campaigns 1700–1709 in the Great Nordic War, including the Battle of Düna, the Battle of Kliszów, the Battle of Fraustadt and the Battle of Poltava. Sparre then accompanied the monarch to Bender and took command of the Swedish army there after Karl XII returned to Sweden. Sparre was active as an artist and is represented at, among others, the National Museum in Stockholm.

Condition

duplicated For questions and condition report please contact pierre.olbers@auktionsverket.se.

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No

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Stockholms Auktionsverk Fine Art
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325

Fine Art & Antiques Spring 2022

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!

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