ALEXANDER COOPER (BRITISH, 1605-1669)

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ALEXANDER COOPER (BRITISH, 1605-1669)
Christina (1626-1689), Queen of Sweden 1632-1654, in blue off-the-shoulders dress with gem-set brooch at corsage, pearl necklace, fair curling hair
on vellum
oval, 1½ in. (38 mm.) high, gold frame, the reverse enamelled with birds and a squirrel on a light blue ground

Provenance

Christie's, London, 27 November 1984, lot 52 (as a Lady by John Hoskins).

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Lot Essay

Christina Vasa, daughter of King Gustav Adolph II and Marie Eleonore of Brandenburg, was Queen of Sweden 1632 until her abdication in 1654. An important patron of the Arts, she converted to Catholicism and moved to Rome where she died, unmarried.
For further information about Alexander Cooper working for the Swedish court, see G. Cavalli-Björkman, 'Alexander Cooper in the Nationalmuseum', Nationalmuseum Bulletin, 1977, vol. 1, no. 3, pp. 114-120 and G. Cavalli-Björkman, Svenskt Miniatyrmaleri, Stockholm, 1981, pp. 18-25.

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