Aved was a portrait artist, connoisseur and art collector. In his youth, he lived in Amsterdam for a while andwas strongly influenced by Dutch portraiture. The contours of the hands are defined and, using shading and white highlights, the artist masterly provides a sense of skin, nails, the underlying sinews and joints. The Nationalmuseum’s collections also include Aved’s renowned portrait of Carl Gustaf Tessin (NM 5535).