Lot 167: Cupid and the lion, Cupid holding a blue silk blindfold resting on the tamed lion; landscape background

CHRISTOPHER DERAM (NORWEGIAN, c. 1752-1789)
Cupid and the lion, Cupid holding a blue silk blindfold resting on the tamed lion; landscape background
on ivory
oval, 3 5/8 in. (92 mm.) high, hammered brass mount on a gilt wood frame

T. H. Colding, Cornelius Høyer, Copenhagen, 1961, p. 242 footnote 43 III (as one of Deram's best works).
T. H. Colding, Miniature- og Emaillemaleri i Danmark 1606-1850, Aalborg, 1991, I, p. 124, illustrated in colour, II, p. 171, fig. 337.

Collection of Professor Herman Treschow.
Hagedorn Collection.
Collection of the painter Christian Faedder Høyer (1775-1855), sold Copenhagen, 2 October 1855, lot 16.
Grimur Thomsen Collection.
Bought by Torben Holck Colding from art dealer Fibiger, Copenhagen, Bredgade, around 1945 (250 Danish Crowns).

FROM THE COLLECTION OF TORBEN HOLCK COLDING (1918-1998)