Gustaf Axel Schmiterlöw at the age of four, facing left in cream-coloured long-sleeved suit with broad collar, the open white collar of his shirt edged with pleated lace, blue silk sash knotted around his waist, short brown hair

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NICLAS LAFRENSEN THE YOUNGER (1737-1807)
Gustaf Axel Schmiterlöw at the age of four, facing left in cream-coloured long-sleeved suit with broad collar, the open white collar of his shirt edged with pleated lace, blue silk sash knotted around his waist, short brown hair
signed and dated 'Lafrensen 1799' (lower left)
oval, 2 5/8 in. (68 mm.) high, silver-gilt frame, the glazed reverse set with brown and fair locks of hair tied with gold wire and seed-pearls

Provenance

Augusta Christina Ribbing, née Schmiterlöw (1802-1890), younger sister of the sitter.

Literature

O. Levertin, Niclas Lafrensen d. y. och förbindelserna mellan svensk och fransk malarkonst pa 1760-talet, Stockholm, 1899, p. 175.
P. Lespinasse, Lavreince, Paris, 1928, p. 27.

Exhibited

Jönköping, Konstutställningen, 1878 (lent by Mrs Bengt Ribbing, née Augusta Christina Schmiterlöw, sister of the sitter).

Special notice

VAT rate of 5% is payable on hammer price plus buyer's premium.

Lot Essay

Gustaf Axel Schmiterlöw (Gullaskruv/Hälleberga 1795-1855 Gamleby), eldest son of county governor Henning Christian Schmiterlöw and his wife Baroness Anna Maria Palbitzki, studied in Abo in 1810 and later in Uppsala. He was second lieutenant in 1813 and took part in the campaign against Norway in 1814. He became lieutenant in 1819, chamberlain in 1823 and retired from military service in 1824. In 1823 he married Louisa Magdalena Sofia Geijer with whom he had five daughters and a son.

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