Carl XIV Johan, King of Sweden (1764-1844), facing right in blue coat with gold buttons and epaulettes, wearing the blue moiré sash and breast-star of the Swedish Order of the Seraphim, the Swedish Order of Charles XIII suspended from a red ribbon about his neck, the badges of the Royal Swedish Orders of the Sword, the Polar Star and Wasa pinned at his breast

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LORENZ LARS SVENSSON SPARRGREN (1763-1828)
Carl XIV Johan, King of Sweden (1764-1844), facing right in blue coat with gold buttons and epaulettes, wearing the blue moiré sash and breast-star of the Swedish Order of the Seraphim, the Swedish Order of Charles XIII suspended from a red ribbon about his neck, the badges of the Royal Swedish Orders of the Sword, the Polar Star and Wasa pinned at his breast
signed and dated in pencil on the reverse 'Sparrgren 1817'
oval, 2 1/8 in. (54 mm.), gilt-metal frame

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Lot Essay

Carl Johan (Jean-Baptiste Bernadotte), son of Henry Bernadotte and Jeanne de St. Jean married Désirée Clary in 1798.
For another portrait of this sitter, see lot 65.

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