Ulrika Eleonora (1688-1741), Queen of Sweden 1719-1720, in silver-embroidered pale blue silk dress with pearl adorned lace sleeves, ermine-bordered blue cloak embroidered with gold crowns draped around her shoulders, large jewel and drop pearl pendant pinned at corsage, drop gem-set earrings, gem-set gold comb in her upswept powdered hair; draped brown curtain with gold tassels and gold-bordered red draped curtain

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ATTRIBUTED TO CARL GUSTAF CRONHIORT, CIRCA 1730
Ulrika Eleonora (1688-1741), Queen of Sweden 1719-1720, in silver-embroidered pale blue silk dress with pearl adorned lace sleeves, ermine-bordered blue cloak embroidered with gold crowns draped around her shoulders, large jewel and drop pearl pendant pinned at corsage, drop gem-set earrings, gem-set gold comb in her upswept powdered hair; draped brown curtain with gold tassels and gold-bordered red draped curtain
on vellum
rectangular, 2 5/8 x 2 in. (67 x 50 mm.), gilt-wood frame with foliate corners and surmounted by the Royal Swedish crest and coronet

Provenance

Schloß Ahlden/Aller, 6 May 1995, lot 178 (erroneously as Queen Louisa Ulrika).

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Lot Essay

Ulrika Eleonora, youngest child of King Charles XI and Queen Ulrika Eleonora, married Prince Frederick of Hesse (1675-1751). She was elected Queen after her brother's death, however a new constitution inaugurated the so-called 'Era of Liberty' and saw the abolition of the royal absolutism giving power to Parliament. Ulrika abdicated in 1720 in favour of her husband who ascended the throne as Frederick I.
For a signed miniature of the sitter by Carl Gustaf Cronhiort, see M. Olausson/J.Sjöholm, Nationalmuseum Stockholm. Svenska och övriga nordiska miniatyrer, Halmstad, 2001, I, p. 171.

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