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Count Gustaf Mauritz Armfelt in Florence
This is a portrait of Armfelt as Swedish Minister to Florence. It was painted in 1793 – the year after King Gustav III was assassinated. Armfelt had been one of the king’s confidants. The portrait shows him seated in contemplation before busts of Gustav III and Julius Caesar – both victims of murderous plots. By alluding to the Roman period, the portrait takes on a deeper meaning and a kinship wit…
Creator
Subject
- Gustaf Mauritz Armfelt
Type of item
- paintings (visual works)
- http://udcdata.info/065280
- Visual Works (hierarchy name)
- Visual arts
Creator
Subject
- Gustaf Mauritz Armfelt
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
- 1793
- 1793
Provenance
- Gåva 1927 av grevinnan Sofie Nordenfalk
Identifier
- NM 2654
- 19714
Extent
- Mått 50 x 65,5 cm
Format
- Olja på duk
Year
- 1793
Providing country
- Sweden
Collection name
First time published on Europeana
- 2017-01-11T14:09:19.822Z
Last time updated from providing institution
- 2017-01-11T14:26:51.303Z