Portrait of nespellina and dondon on a gold-edged skin in blue. Depicted by david klöcker ehrenstrahl (1628-1698). The dogs are of the kontinentaler zwerspaniel phalène breed and they belonged to queen dowager hedvig eleonora. Dondon was later given to sister-in-law princess maria euphrosyne, married to count magnus gabriel de la gardie. It is probably about nespellina (espelina) that eric lindschöld has written a small farewell poem, "epitaphium over h. M:t the widowed queen's dog epelin who is buried in the garden at ulriksdahl". Compare with painting in the collections at the national museum (nmgrh 834) and in the collections at drottningholm. Oil on canvas, 63. 5 x 76 cm. Date: 1670. Dimensions: height: 63.5 cm (25 in); width: 76 cm (29.9 in). Medium: oil on canvas. Collection: Unidentified location.
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