David Klöcker von Ehrenstrahl, attributed to, Portrait of King Karl XI of Sweden with the O ...
David Klöcker von Ehrenstrahl, attributed to
1629 Hamburg - 1698 Stockholm
Portrait of King Karl XI of Sweden with the Order of the Garter
Oil on canvas (relined). 126 x 102 cm. Provenance
Auctioned by Sotheby's, London, 17.4.1996, lot 176. – Italian private collection.
Karl XI (1655-1697) from the Wittelsbach house was the son of King Karl Gustav X of Sweden and his wife Hedwig of Schleswig-Holstein-Gottorp. He became King of Sweden when he was only five years old upon his father's death in 1660. This imposing three-quarter length portrait shows the monarch in an ornamental breastplate and red cloak with a marshal's baton and the Order of the Garter which he received in 1668.
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David Klöcker von Ehrenstrahl, attributed to
1629 Hamburg - 1698 Stockholm
Portrait of King Karl XI of Sweden with the Order of the Garter
Oil on canvas (relined). 126 x 102 cm. Provenance
Auctioned by Sotheby's, London, 17.4.1996, lot 176. – Italian private collection.
Karl XI (1655-1697) from the Wittelsbach house was the son of King Karl Gustav X of Sweden and his wife Hedwig of Schleswig-Holstein-Gottorp. He became King of Sweden when he was only five years old upon his father's death in 1660. This imposing three-quarter length portrait shows the monarch in an ornamental breastplate and red cloak with a marshal's baton and the Order of the Garter which he received in 1668.
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