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Queen Christina of Sweden (1626 - 1689)
Christina ruled over an expansive superpower. There are several details in this portrait of her that point to interests far beyond Sweden’s borders: the shimmering silk, the citrus blossoms in her hair, and the idealized landscape that fades away in the distance. The rich folds of the dress, the elegant turn of the body, and the sense of capturing the fleeting moment—she is just looking up from re…
Creator
Subject
- Drottning Kristina
Type of item
- paintings (visual works)
- http://udcdata.info/065280
- Visual Works (hierarchy name)
- Visual arts
Creator
Subject
- Drottning Kristina
Type of item
- paintings (visual works)
- http://udcdata.info/065280
- Visual Works (hierarchy name)
- Visual arts
Providing institution
Aggregator
Rights statement for the media in this item (unless otherwise specified)
- http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/
Rights
- Nationalmuseum, Sweden
Creation date
- 1650
- 1650
Provenance
- Transferred 1866 from Kongl. Museum (Kristina 1652)
Identifier
- NM 308
- 17258
Extent
- Mått 110 x 92 cm
Format
- Oil on canvas
- Oil painting
Year
- 1650
Providing country
- Sweden
Collection name
First time published on Europeana
- 2017-01-11T14:08:47.655Z
Last time updated from providing institution
- 2017-01-11T14:26:17.942Z