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Sven Gahlin

Also known as: Sven Gahlin; primary name: Gahlin, Sven
Details: individual; dealer/auction house; collector; British; Male
Life dates: 1934-2017
Biography: Collector and dealer of drawings, both European, Indian and Islamic, with a special interest in design drawings. Began career with Francis Matthiesen c.1956; set up on his own in 1963 as dealer in drawings. Sold many Indian and Islamic drawings to the Fondation Custodia in Paris. He bequeathed his collection of Old Master drawings to the British Museum. The department of Prints & Drawings possesses four pocket-books containing Gahlin's student notes on drawings he had studied in the Museum. They are stored in the same cupboard as A.E. Popham's notebooks. Married to Julia Schottlander (qv)

61 related objects

book of prints

Museum number: 2019,7031.1 |
Producer name: Print made by:Maloeuvre filsIntermediary draughtsman:Jules Vernet

drawing

Museum number: 2017,7067.47 |
Producer name: BIOG64572 Drawn by:Anonymous |
Production date: 1820-1830

drawing

Museum number: 2017,7067.37 |
Producer name: BIOG64572 Drawn by:Anonymous |
Production date: 1820-1830

drawing

Museum number: 2017,7067.34 |
Producer name: BIOG28302 Attributed to:Giuseppe Galli

drawing

Museum number: 2017,7067.23 |
Producer name: AUTH225058 Drawn by:Giovacchino Belli |
Production date: 1776-1822

drawing

Museum number: 2017,7067.1 |
Producer name: BIOG17139 Drawn by:Francesco Allegrini |
Production date: 1644-1663

drawing

Museum number: 2017,7067.18 |
Producer name: BIOG49272 Drawn by:Giuseppe Valeriani |
Production date: 1710-1761

drawing

Museum number: 2017,7067.8 |
Producer name: BIOG28351 Drawn by:Ubaldo Gandolfi |
Production date: 1750-1781

drawing

Museum number: 2017,7067.20 |
Producer name: AUTH225057 Drawn by:Jean Baptiste Adanson |
Production date: 1775-1800

drawing

Museum number: 2017,7067.24 |
Producer name: AUTH225059 Drawn by:Giovanni Bettati |
Production date: 1750-1775

drawing; print study

Museum number: 1967,0722.12 |
Producer name: BIOG41925 Drawn by:Bernard Picart |
Production date: 1688-1733

drawing

Museum number: 2017,7067.5 |
Producer name: BIOG28296 Attributed to:Antonio Galli |
Production date: 1720-1774

drawing

Museum number: 2017,7067.11 |
Producer name: BIOG29243 Drawn by:Jan Goeree |
Production date: 1690-1731

drawing

Museum number: 2017,7067.39 |
Producer name: BIOG64572 Drawn by:Anonymous |
Production date: 1820-1830

drawing

Museum number: 2008,7063.2 |
Producer name: BIOG147331 Drawn by:David Levine |
Production date: 1963

drawing

Museum number: 2017,7067.32 |
Producer name: BIOG64572 Drawn by:Anonymous |
Production date: 1750

drawing

Museum number: 2017,7067.33 |
Producer name: BIOG64572 Drawn by:Anonymous |
Production date: 1750

drawing

Museum number: 2017,7067.4 |
Producer name: BIOG64572 Drawn by:Anonymous |
Production date: 1780-1830

drawing

Museum number: 2017,7067.40 |
Producer name: BIOG33377 Drawn by:Filippo Juvarra

drawing

Museum number: 2017,7067.25 |
Producer name: BIOG19730 Attributed to:Giuseppe Bernardino Bison |
Production date: 1782-1844

drawing

Museum number: 2017,7067.27 |
Producer name: BIOG22422 Drawn by:Charles Michel-Ange Challe |
Production date: 1760-1778

drawing

Museum number: 2017,7067.7 |
Producer name: AUTH224159 Drawn by:Gallo, Angelo |
Production date: 1630

drawing

Museum number: 2017,7067.45 |
Producer name: BIOG64572 Drawn by:Anonymous |
Production date: 18thC

drawing

Museum number: 2017,7067.14 |
Producer name: BIOG33377 Drawn by:Filippo Juvarra |
Production date: 1730-1740

drawing

Museum number: 2017,7067.28 |
Producer name: BIOG24721 Attributed to:Jean Charles Delafosse |
Production date: 1754-1791

drawing

Museum number: 2017,7067.35 |
Producer name: BIOG28302 Attributed to:Giuseppe Galli |
Production date: 1720-1756

drawing; plan

Museum number: 1961,0504.1 |
Producer name: BIOG43228 Drawn by:Biagio Rebecca |
Production date: 1735-1808

drawing

Museum number: 2017,7067.9 |
Producer name: BIOG28850 Drawn by:Felice Giani |
Production date: 1778-1823

drawing

Museum number: 2017,7067.12 |
Producer name: BIOG30155 Drawn by:Constantin Guys |
Production date: 1822-1892

drawing

Museum number: 2017,7067.21 |
Producer name: BIOG18624 Drawn by:Antonio Basoli |
Production date: 1839

drawing

Museum number: 2017,7067.10 |
Producer name: BIOG29028 Circle/School of:Luca Giordano |
Production date: 1654-1705

drawing

Museum number: 2017,7067.22 |
Producer name: AUTH225058 Drawn by:Giovacchino Belli |
Production date: 1776-1822

drawing

Museum number: 2017,7067.30 |
Producer name: BIOG64572 Drawn by:Anonymous |
Production date: 1809

drawing

Museum number: 2008,7063.1 |
Producer name: BIOG147331 Drawn by:David Levine |
Production date: 1963

drawing

Museum number: 2017,7067.3 |
Producer name: BIOG25127 Attributed to:Louis Jean Desprez |
Production date: 1775

drawing

Museum number: 2017,7067.17 |
Producer name: BIOG49272 Drawn by:Giuseppe Valeriani |
Production date: 1710-1761

drawing

Museum number: 2017,7067.38 |
Producer name: BIOG64572 Drawn by:Anonymous |
Production date: 1820-1830

drawing

Museum number: 2017,7067.16 |
Producer name: BIOG44863 Drawn by:Francesco Salviati |
Production date: 1530-1563

drawing

Museum number: 2017,7067.31 |
Producer name: BIOG64572 Drawn by:Anonymous |
Production date: 1809

drawing

Museum number: 2017,7067.19 |
Producer name: BIOG25019 Drawn by:Baron Dominique Vivant Denon |
Production date: 1767-1825

drawing

Museum number: 2017,7067.6 |
Producer name: BIOG28299 Attributed to:Ferdinando Galli |
Production date: 1690-1743

drawing

Museum number: 2010,7092.1 |
Producer name: BIOG147331 Drawn by:David Levine |
Production date: 1963

drawing

Museum number: 2017,7067.41 |
Producer name: BIOG33377 Drawn by:Filippo Juvarra |
Production date: 1700-1736

drawing

Museum number: 2017,7067.15 |
Producer name: BIOG33377 Drawn by:Filippo Juvarra |
Production date: 1696-1736

drawing

Museum number: 2017,7067.36 |
Producer name: BIOG64572 Drawn by:Anonymous |
Production date: 1820-1830

drawing

Museum number: 2017,7067.29 |
Producer name: BIOG25179 Drawn by:John Devoto |
Production date: 1720-1776

drawing

Museum number: 2017,7067.46 |
Producer name: BIOG50317 Drawn by:Jan Wandelaar |
Production date: 1710-1759

drawing

Museum number: 2017,7067.13 |
Producer name: BIOG64572 Drawn by:Anonymous |
Production date: 17C

drawing

Museum number: 2017,7067.2 |
Producer name: BIOG25127 Attributed to:Louis Jean Desprez |
Production date: 1775

drawing

Museum number: 2017,7067.44 |
Producer name: BIOG42071 Attributed to:Bartolommeo Pinelli |
Production date: 1801-1835

drawing

Museum number: 2017,7067.42 |
Producer name: Attributed to:Filippo JuvarraAttributed to:Francesco Piranesi |
Production date: 18thc

drawing

Museum number: 2017,7067.43 |
Producer name: AUTH225061 Drawn by:Leonardo Marini |
Production date: 1750-1797

drawing

Museum number: 2011,7005.1 |
Producer name: BIOG64572 Drawn by:Anonymous |
Production date: 1700

drawing

Museum number: 2017,7067.26 |
Producer name: BIOG20397 Drawn by:Edme Bouchardon |
Production date: 1718-1762

game-board

Museum number: 1995,1013.1 |
Production date: 19thC |
Production place: Lustred in:India

painting

Museum number: 1993,0807,0.1 |
Production date: 17thC |
Production place: Painted in:Gujarat (State)

painting

Museum number: 1993,0807,0.3 |
Production date: 19thC(late) |
Production place: Made in:KarnatakaMade in:Andhra Pradesh

painting

Museum number: 1964,0411,0.2 |
Production date: 1740 |
Findspot: Found/Acquired:Deccan

painting

Museum number: 1993,0807,0.2 |
Production date: 19thC

painting

Museum number: 1964,0411,0.3 |
Production date: 1740 |
Production place: Painted in:Deccan

print

Title: Candy |
Museum number: 2012,7066.1 |
Producer name: BIOG155507 Print made by:Robyn Denny |
Production date: 1967