Carl Peter Törnebladh (1774-1844), in blue coat, white waistcoat and cravat

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JOHAN ERIK BOLINDER (SWEDISH, 1768-1808)
Carl Peter Törnebladh (1774-1844), in blue coat, white waistcoat and cravat
2 9/16 in. (65 mm.) diam., gold frame by Anders Hallman (fl. 1787-1818), marked, Stockholm, 1805, the sides engraved 'Hans Excelens Carl Peter Törnebladh född 1774, död 1844', plaited hair reverse

Provenance

Knut Knutsson Hägerflycht Count Posse, Castle of Taxinge-Näsby, Södermanland, in 1915 and 1918.
With R. Sollberger Ltd., Stockholm, on 24 July 1951, as by Gillberg (450 SEK).

Literature

S. Strömbom [ed.], Index över svenska porträtt 1500-1850 [...], Stockholm, 1939, II, p. 869.

Exhibited

Stockholm, Bukowski's, Utställning av äldre svenska porträttminiatyrer, 1915, no. 344 (lent by Count Posse).

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Lot Essay

Törnebladh studied in Uppsala and Lund. After a remarkable career in the Swedish state department of Justice, he was made a state councillor in 1840 and minister of Justice in the following year. He married Sofia Charlotta von Oldenskiöld in 1812 and had three daughters. The pair to the present miniature depicting Sofia Charlotta, signed by Bolinder and dated 1805, was last recorded in 1918 at Taxinge Castle. We are indebted to Ms Emilia Ström, Swedish Portrait Archives, Stockholm, for her help in researching the present miniature.

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