Sale 7556
London
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10 June 2008
FROM THE COLLECTION OF TORBEN HOLCK COLDING (1918-1998)
Price realised
GBP 3,125
Estimate
DAVID LE CLERC (GERMAN, 1679-1738) Princess Teresa Kunegunde Sobieski (1676-1730), in yellow dress with a jewel-set fastening, ermine trim on sleeve and a white lace underslip, with a pink shawl draped over her right shoulder and a blue ribbon tied around her left arm, her left hand resting on a plant pot filled with three long-stemmed red carnations; column background signed on the backing card 'D: Le Clerc pinxit. 1708.' on parchment oval, 3 5/8 in. (98 mm.) high, gilt-metal mount
Provenance
Bought by Torben Holck Colding from the Antiques Trade in Paris, rue Bonaparte, in October 1949 (2,500 French Francs).
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Literature
T. H. Colding, Aspects of Miniature painting, Copenhagen, 1953, pp. 140, 205, illustrated fig. 143.
Princess Teresa Kunegunde Sobieski (1676-1730) was a daughter of the Polish King John III Sobieski. In 1695, she married Maximilian II Emanuel, Elector of Bavaria and bore him ten children, including Charles VII, Holy Roman Emperor and Clemens Augustus of Bavaria.
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Pre-Lot Text
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