Lot 276: LEONARD ÖRNBECK (SWEDISH, 1736-1789)

LEONARD ÖRNBECK (SWEDISH, 1736-1789)
Gustav III (1746-1792), King of Sweden 1771-1792, in robes of the Royal Swedish Order of the Seraphim with gold belt, frilled white shirt, gold-bordered red cloak, wearing the blue moiré sash and breast-star of the Order of the Seraphim and the jewel of the Order of the Sword around his neck, the hilt of his sword below his left hand which rests on his hip, his right hand holding a plumed hat on a blue folio; interior background with pillar
on a thick sheet of ivory
oval, 3 5/8 in. (92 mm.) high, gilt-metal frame with silver reverse

Presented by the sitter to Countess Eleonora Fredrika Bielke, née Baroness von Dyben (1738-1808), Mistress of the Queen's Household ('överhovmästarinna') and second wife of Count Nils Adam Bielke, Member of the Royal Privy Council.
Untraced Swedish auction, 26-27 October 1939.
Christie's, Geneva, 10 May 1983, lot 251.