Charles XIV John (1764-1844), King of Sweden 1818-1844, in blue coat with gold epaulettes, white shirt and black stock, wearing the blue moiré sash and breast-star (combined with the Royal Swedish Order of the Sword) of the Swedish Order of the Seraphim, the cross and breast-star of the Royal Swedish Order of Charles XIII, the badges of the Royal Swedish Orders of the Sword, the Polar Star and Wasa pinned at his breast

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ATTRIBUTED TO JACOB AXEL GILLBERG (SWEDISH, 1769-1845)
Charles XIV John (1764-1844), King of Sweden 1818-1844, in blue coat with gold epaulettes, white shirt and black stock, wearing the blue moiré sash and breast-star (combined with the Royal Swedish Order of the Sword) of the Swedish Order of the Seraphim, the cross and breast-star of the Royal Swedish Order of Charles XIII, the badges of the Royal Swedish Orders of the Sword, the Polar Star and Wasa pinned at his breast
oval, 1 15/16 in. (49 mm.) high, silver-gilt frame with blue enamel border

Provenance

Bonhams, London, 21 February 1996, lot 52.

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Lot Essay

Charles John (Jean-Baptiste Bernadotte), son of Henry Bernadotte and Jeanne de St. Jean married Désirée Clary in 1798.
For a miniature of the sitter by Jacob Axel Gillberg, see M. Olausson/J. Sjöholm, Nationalmuseum Stockholm. Svenska och övriga nordiska miniatyrer, Halmstad, 2001, I, p. 206.

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