Live Auction 3025The Decorative Arts Sale incl. Fine Paintings
Johann Gustav Sandberg (Stockholm 1782-1854)
Lot 464

Johann Gustav Sandberg (Stockholm 1782-1854)

Portrait of Lieutenant-General Gustaf Olof Lagerbring (1769-1847), three-quarter-length, with the Grand Cross of the Order of the Sword, seated on a chair before a window with a draped curtain, a landscape beyond

Closed27 March 2013

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EUR 2,375

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Johann Gustav Sandberg (Stockholm 1782-1854)
Portrait of Lieutenant-General Gustaf Olof Lagerbring (1769-1847), three-quarter-length, with the Grand Cross of the Order of the Sword, seated on a chair before a window with a draped curtain, a landscape beyond
signed and dated 'J.G. Sandberg. pinxt 1836.' (lower left)
oil on canvas
143.5 x 112 cm.

Specialist note

Gustaf Olof Lagerbring started his military carreer as a sergeant with the Hussars as early as at the age of 2 and at 16 was a lieutenant in the Uppland Regiment. Lagerbring served his country in it's many battles of the Russo-Swedish, Finnish War and Napoleontic Wars, and, after a long carreer of 73 years, retired as one of Sweden's most distinguished and highest decorated officers.