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Miniature portrait of Karl X, King of Sweden

Alexander Cooperc. 1650

The Royal Armoury, Sweden

The Royal Armoury, Sweden
Stockholm, Sweden

The oval painting shows a half length portrait of King Karl X with long black hair and a thin moustache, dressed in a cuirass and a white collar around his neck. The background is painted in greyish blue. The portrait is contained under glass with a faceted edge, a plain frame of gold, on reverse side engraved with the monogram C G X. On top of frame a crown in gilt silver with empty settings for four bigger and thirteen lesser stones, in the bottom of these residues of black wax. It is not signed.

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  • Title: Miniature portrait of Karl X, King of Sweden
  • Creator: Alexander Cooper
  • Creator Lifespan: 1605 - 1660
  • Creator Nationality: English
  • Creator Gender: Male
  • Creator Death Place: Stockholm
  • Creator Birth Place: London(?)
  • Date Created: c. 1650
  • Provenance: Donation from the Swedish Museum of National Antiquities in 1932. From Drottningholm Palace in 1867. According to the inventory of the Treasury in 1822: "By the Carl XIII:s...men of estate inventory proceedings given in 1818", from the Royal Treasury in 1828.
  • Physical Dimensions: W 22 mm, H 25 mm
  • Painter: Alexander Cooper
  • Subject Keywords: Miniature, Portrait, Baroque
  • Type: Gouache
  • External Link: Livrustkammaren
The Royal Armoury, Sweden

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