Portrait depicting “Emilia Fredrika Aurora De Geer af Finspong” and probably her sister “Charlotta Aurora”

Pastel on paper laid on canvas 50 x 42.5 and 50 x 39.5 cm.
One with an inscription on the stretcher: "Piper f. De Geer".
Period gilded frames.

Not examined out of the frame. Minor marks.

Provenance

Baron G. De Geer, Stockholm.

Literature

Svenska porträttarkivet SPA, vol I, p. 192 (the portrait of Emilia Fredrika Aurora).

More information

The portrait of the girl in the blue dress sitting with a dog in her lap depicts Emilia Fredrika Aurora De Geer (1782-1823), later married to Count Carl Fredrik Piper. The other portrait of the girl with the parrot likely depicts her sister Charlotta Aurora (1779-1834), first married to N. Gyldenstolpe, later Count G. af Wetterstedt.

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