Louise van Dockum (1809-1878), in lilac-coloured dress with ruched bodice and puff sleeves, white underslip, gold necklace and drop earrings, her hair elaborately dressed in ringlets

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FREDERIK CHRISTIAN CAMRADT (DANISH, 1762-1844)
Louise van Dockum (1809-1878), in lilac-coloured dress with ruched bodice and puff sleeves, white underslip, gold necklace and drop earrings, her hair elaborately dressed in ringlets
on ivory
oval, 2¼ in. (57 mm.) high, gold frame, the reverse engraved 'Louise v. Dockum födt Bauditz. födt 23/9. 1809. död 30/11. 1878 Malet af Fr. Camradt. i Juni 1833.'

Provenance

Holger Hirschsprung Collection, Copenhagen, in 1946.
Auction Winkel & Magnussen, Copenhagen, 9 June 1947, lot 47 (340 Danish Crowns to Torben Holck Colding).

Literature

T. H. Colding, Danish Miniaturists, Copenhagen, 1948, illustrated p. 31, fig. 27.
T. H. Colding, 'Miniaturen', in L. E. Grandjean/A. Fabritius (ed.), Den lille portrætkunst i Danmark siden 1750, Copenhagen, 1949, p. 53, illustrated in colour pl. 22.
T. H. Colding, Miniature- og Emaillemaleri i Danmark 1606-1850, Aalborg, 1991, I, p. 147 (praised as one of the artist's best works), illustrated in colour II, p. 209, fig. 418.

Special notice

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Lot Essay

Louise Sophie Caroline Bauditz married Carl Edvard van Dockum (1804-1893), the future Admiral, on 11 April 1840 at Garnisonskirken in Copenhagen.
Similar miniatures are illustrated in E. Lemberger, Die Bildnis-Miniatur in Skandinavien, Berlin, 1912, II, pl. 84, and in J. Nimmergut/A.-M. Wager, Miniaturen. Dosen, Munich, 1982, p. 219, no. F50.
The inside of the back of the frame is scratched 'W. A. Fleinert Copenhague Mai 1918', and the reverse bears the goldsmith's mark with initials WAF.

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