Lot 49: A FRAME CONTAINING MINIATURES BY CARL-GUSTAV KLINGSTEDT (SWEDISH, 1657-1734)

A FRAME CONTAINING MINIATURES BY CARL-GUSTAV KLINGSTEDT (SWEDISH, 1657-1734)
A rectangular panel containing six miniatures on vellum depicting mostly nude playful children simulating fashionable adult pursuits referring to vanity, and an oval miniature on ivory of a young lady holding a dove
rectangular, 1 x 1 11/16 in. (25 x 42 mm.) to 1 13/16 x 2½ in. (46 x 64 mm.); oval, 1 1/8 in. (29 mm.) high, gilt-metal mounts set in common ebonised wood panel with gilt-metal border

Christie's, London, 28 May 2002, lot 12.

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The sizes of the miniatures indicate that they were originally mounted on a rectangular Louis XV snuff-box. The oval miniature may have been mounted on the interior cover. The three main scenes are re-arranged part-copies after Bernard Lépicié's engraving Jeux d'enfants of 1731 which is an inversed copy of Charles-Antoine Coypel's painting of 1728, later in the collection of Madame de Pompadour and sold at Christie's, London, 9 July 1999, lot 50 (see exhibition catalogue Madame de Pompadour et les arts, Versailles, Château, 2002, no. 55).