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Unknown clergyman in a library setting
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    Unknown clergyman in a library setting

    TitleUnknown clergyman in a library setting
  • Technique/ MaterialWatercolour/gouach on ivory
  • DimensionsMått [dager]: (h x b) 5,8 x 4,4 cm
    Ram [med hänge]: (h x b x dj) 7,2 x 4,8 x 0,7 cm
  • DatingMade mid 18th Century
  • Artist/Maker Artist: Gustaf Torshell, Swedish, born 1681, dead 1744. Attributed to
  • CategoryPaintings, Miniatures
  • Geographical originSweden
  • Inventory No.NMB 2530
  • AcquisitionPurchase 2004 Hjalmar and Anna Wicander Fund
  • ExhibitedNationalmuseum, Kabinett 1421 Skattkammaren
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    This portrayal of an unknown priest in a library is a rarity in Swedish miniature painting. The model probably chose this setting to underline his position as a learned man. The portrait can be attributed to Gustaf Torshell on stylistic grounds: a refined pointillism with soft contours. Torshell was drawing-master at the royal fortification administration and of the court’s pages.