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A Young Bride
Hendrick Munnichhovenc. 1654
Skokloster Castle
Skoklosters, Sweden
The portrait of Beata Elisabeth von Königsmarck is painted about a year or so before her marriage to Pontus Fredrik De La Gardie, the younger brother of Magnus Gabriel De La Gardie, in 1655. The flower symbolism in the painting is an example of the ideas of sweet melancholia that was popular at the time.
It is likely that this portrait belonged to the collection of Carl Gustaf Wrangel. However, it is also possible that the painting came to the Brahe family when Erik Brahe inherited the Skarhult estate after the death of Beata Elisabeth von Königsmarck in 1732.
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- Title: A Young Bride
- Creator: Hendrick Munnichhoven
- Creator Lifespan: 1664
- Creator Nationality: Dutch
- Creator Gender: male
- Creator Death Place: Stockholm
- Creator Birth Place: Utrecht(?)
- Date Created: c. 1654
- artist: Hendrick Munnichhoven, attributed to
- Tags: Baroque
- Physical Dimensions: w 900, h 1040 mm (without frame)
- Artist info: Little is know of the life of Hendrick Munnichhoven before he came in contact with Count Magnus Gabriel De La Gardie during the Swedish invasion of Prague in 1648. There are no records of a person named Munnichhoven in the Dutch archives. However, it is likely that he corresponds with an artist named Hendrick Munnekus, who was active in Utrecht during the 1620s and 1630s and later moved to The Hague. Munnichhovens connection to De La Gardie, for whom he executed many portraits, made him a prominent figure in the artistic circle of Queen Christina in the early 1650s. He was active as court painter between the years 1650-62.
- Type: Oil on canvas
- External Link: Skoklosters Castle
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