A couple at the clavichord

Details

Niklas Lafrensen II, called Lavreince (Stockholm 1737-1807)
A couple at the clavichord
signed lower right
black chalk, gouache, heightened with white
9 x 6 ¾ in. (22.8 x 17.1 cm.)

Provenance

with Rosenberg & Stiebel, New York, 1981.

Exhibited

New York, Rosenberg & Stiebel, Chez Elle, Chez Lui: At Home in 18th-Century France, 1981, no. 47 (catalogue by P. Hunter-Stiebel).

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Lot Essay

A typical work by the Swedish artist, a miniaturist at the court of King Gustav III, this work displays all the hallmarks of Lavreince's style: the light application of the medium and the luminous treatment of the subject, a frivolous depiction of contemporary Parisian life.

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