# Countess Ebba Sparre

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## Artwork

- Artist: [BOURDON, Sébastien](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/bourdon-sbastien-r0a1d80177e59ad>)
- Date: 1601-1650
- Technique: Oil on canvas, 106 x 90 cm

## Commentary

The elegantly dressed woman holding a wreath of flowers, shown three-quarter length before a plain, dark background, is Ebba Sparre \(1626-1662\), lady-in-waiting to Queen Christina of Sweden. She was one of the queen&#39;s favourites, her closest friend. Sébastien Bourdon painted the portrait while he was in Stockholm as First Painter to the Queen from 1652 until Christina&#39;s abdication in 1654. The painting is in a poor state of preservation, it was originally a much more sumptuous image.

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## Attribution

[Web Gallery of Art](<https://beta.wga.hu/pages/about>)