Jonas Forsslund
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Johan Alströmer (1742-1786) & his wife Hedvig Chatarina Danckwart-Lillieström (1762-1837).
Oval canvas 63 x 54 cm and 62 x 54 cm. Period gilded frames.
Saleroom notice
There is an alternative interpretation about who the portraits represent. According to the "Svenska slott och herresäten" volume Östergötland, p.169, there is a replica at Solberga estate, by the artist Jacob Björck. It states that the portrait instead represents Gabriel Wennerstedt.
Provenance
Säbylund, Närke.
Literature
Sixten Strömbom (ed.), "Index över svenska porträtt 1500-1850", 1935/43, volume I, p. 16. SPA 1920:2049 as a painting by Jonas Forslund.
More information
The portrait depicting Johan Alströmer is a replica of a painting in the collection of the The Royal Coin Cabinet, Stockholm, Sweden. The portrait depicting Hedvig Chatarina Danckwart-Lillieström not by Jonas Forslund.
There is an alternative interpretation about who the portraits represent. According to the "Svenska slott och herresäten" volume Östergötland, p.169, there is a replica at Solberga estate, by the artist Jacob Björck. It states that the portrait instead represents Gabriel Wennerstedt.