Lot 141: 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

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

T. H. Colding, Aspects of Miniature painting, Copenhagen, 1953, pp. 140, 205, illustrated fig. 143.

Bought by Torben Holck Colding from the Antiques Trade in Paris, rue Bonaparte, in October 1949 (2,500 French Francs).

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

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.