Lot 275: NICOLAS LAFRENSEN THE ELDER (SWEDISH, 1698-1756)

NICOLAS LAFRENSEN THE ELDER (SWEDISH, 1698-1756)
A frame containing twelve oval portraits of members of the Swedish Royal Family within gilt surrounds, coronet and blue ribbon surmounts: in the centre, Frederick I (1676-1751), King of Sweden 1720-1751; above, his consort, Ulrika Eleonora (1688-1741); clockwise, Gustav I (1496-1560), King of Sweden 1523-1560; Eric XIV (1533-1577), King of Sweden 1560-1568; John III (1537-1592), King of Sweden 1568-1592; Sigmund (1566-1632), King of Sweden 1592-1599; Charles IX (1550-1611), Regent 1599-1604, King of Sweden 1604-1611; Gustav II Adolph (1594-1632), King of Sweden 1611-1632; Christina (1626-1689), Queen of Sweden 1632-1654; Charles X Gustav (1622-1660), King of Sweden 1654-1660; Charles XI (1655-1697), King of Sweden 1660-1697; Charles XII (1682-1718), King of Sweden 1697-1718, each sitter's initials lower left
on parchment
rectangular, 9 5/16 x 7 7/16 in. (235 x 187 mm.), wood frame with wavy borders and inner tortoiseshell surround
A torn paper label on the reverse of the frame is typed 'Property of Henry T Thomas'

W. W. Biddulph of the Atlantic Cable, in 1886.
Henry T. Thomas.
Sotheby's, Geneva, 11 May 1989, lot 7 (as Studio of Nicolas Lafrensen).