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Miniature portrait of Queen Ulrika Eleonora the Elder, Queen of Sweden

unknownc. 1680

The Royal Armoury, Sweden

The Royal Armoury, Sweden
Stockholm, Sweden

The half length portrait shows Queen Ulrika Eleonora with big dark eyes and in a high coiffure, one lock of hair hanging over her left shoulder. She is dressed in a blue ermine trimmed cloak dotted with golden princely crowns kept together over her breast with a black brooch. Under the cloak a low cut dress in yellow brocade is seen edged with white silk. Around her neck a necklace of white pearls and in her ears are tear-shaped pearls hanging. The painting has a rather thin laciniated silver frame and is covered by a glass with a broad bevelled edge. As no royal crowns are seen in the picture the miniature might be painted while she still, as a young princess, was waiting in Denmark for the marriage in 1680 with the Swedish king Karl XI.
It is not signed.

Details

  • Title: Miniature portrait of Queen Ulrika Eleonora the Elder, Queen of Sweden
  • Creator: unknown
  • Creator Gender: None
  • Date Created: c. 1680
  • Provenance: Deposit from the Swedish Museum of National Antiquities in 1956.
  • Physical Dimensions: W 48 mm, H 62 mm
  • Painter: Unknown artist
  • Subject Keywords: Portrait, Miniature, Baroque
  • Type: Gouache on parchment
  • External Link: Livrustkammaren

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