DOMENICO BOSSI (1765-1853)

Sara Gustava Adelaide Schwan, full face in white dress with frilled collar, blue spotted cream stole draped over her left shoulder, curling brown hair

Details

DOMENICO BOSSI (1765-1853)
Sara Gustava Adelaide Schwan, full face in white dress with frilled collar, blue spotted cream stole draped over her left shoulder, curling brown hair
signed and dated 'D Bossi Pincit 1797' (lower left)
2½ in. (64 mm.) diam., silver-gilt frame with ribbon and bow cresting, the reverse engraved with the sitter's name and dates

Provenance

Miss Ellen Peyron (in 1915).

Exhibited

Stockholm, Bukowski's, Äldre Svenska Porträtt-Miniatyrer, 1915, no. 256 (lent by Miss Ellen Peyron).

Lot Essay

Sara Gustava Adelaide Schön (1774/9-1857), sister of the reputable Stockholm wholesale dealer Johann Schön, married in 1796 her brother's employee, the businessman and local politician Hans Niclas Schwan (1764-1829). Their son Johan Gustav Schwan married his first cousin Augusta Eleonora Schön.

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