Lot 18: Circle of Carl Gustav Klingstedt (Swedish, 1657-1734)

A Lady and a Harlequin, the former wearing ultramarine blue dress, edged with gold, her sleeves slashed to reveal white, a red ribbon bow tied around her left arm, three-tiered white ruff, her hair upswept beneath a crimson cap dressed with three plumes, a pair of cherries in her right hand, a tiny bird perched on her left; the latter, wearing diamond chequered costume with frilled white ruff and black cap. Watercolour on vellum, gilt-metal mount. Oval, 78mm (3 1/16in) wide