The Ambassador, Baron Erik Magnus Staël von Holstein (1749-1802)

Artist/Maker

DatesSigned: Sign. 1792

Material / Technique

Dimensionsh x w: Mått 25 x 20 cm h x w x d: Ram 35 x 30 x 4 cm

Inventory numberNMB 1210

AcqusitionPurchase 1929

Other titlesTitle (sv): Ambassadören friherre Erik Magnus Staël von Holstein (1749-1802) Title (en): The Ambassador, Baron Erik Magnus Staël von Holstein (1749-1802) Label (sv): Ambassadören, frih. Erik Magnus Staël von Holstein sörjande sin äldsta dotter Label (en): The Ambassador, Baron Erik Magnus Staël von Holstein Grieving his Eldest Daughter Previous: Baron Erik Magnus Staël von Holstein, the Ambassador

DescriptionDescription: Dramatisation of grieving relatives almost became a genre of its own at the end of the 18th century. Here, Lafrensen has depicted the Swedish ambassador in Paris, Erik Magnus Staël von Holstein, wearing a Werther costume and sitting with a melancholic expression on a park bench below the monument to his first-born daughter Gustavine, who died at the age of two in 1789.

Depicted Person

Collection

MaterialWatercolour, Wood, Paper

TechniquePainting, Gilt

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