Carl XIV Johan (1764-1844), King of Sweden 1818-1844, facing left in dark blue coat, gold epaulettes, wearing the blue moiré sash and breast-star of the Royal Swedish Order of the Seraphim, the Royal Swedish Order of Charles XIII suspended from a red ribbon from 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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CIRCLE OF SPARRGREN, CIRCA 1820
Carl XIV Johan (1764-1844), King of Sweden 1818-1844, facing left in dark blue coat, gold epaulettes, wearing the blue moiré sash and breast-star of the Royal Swedish Order of the Seraphim, the Royal Swedish Order of Charles XIII suspended from a red ribbon from his neck, the badges of the Royal Swedish Orders of the Sword, the Polar Star and Wasa pinned at his breast
oval, 2 9/16 in. (65 mm.) high, gilt-metal frame

Exhibited

Hanover, Kestner-Gesellschaft, Bildnisminiaturen aus niedersächsischem Privatbesitz, 1918, no. 848 (lent by Dr. Leo Catzenstein, Hanover).

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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 by Lorenz Lars Svensson Sparrgren, see lot 181.

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