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| Keywords: Queen Christina of Sweden (1626, 1689) (David Beck) - Nationalmuseum - 17258.tif Drottning Kristina information field Creator David Beck 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 reading a letter were highly fashionable elements in portraiture at the time The artist was after all trained in London by Anthony van Dyck the leading portraitist of the Baroque Kristina regerade över en expansiv stormakt I portrÀttet av henne finns flera detaljer som pekar pÄ intressen lÄngt utanför Sveriges grÀnser det glÀnsande sidentyget citrusblommorna i hÄret och ideallandskapet som tonar bort i fjÀrran KlÀdernas rika veck den eleganta kroppsvridningen och ögonblickskaraktÀren hon tittar just upp frÄn lÀsningen av ett brev var högsta mode inom portrÀttkonsten SÄ var ocksÄ konstnÀren skolad i London hos Anthonis van Dyck barockens ledande portrÀttmÄlare header 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 reading a letter were highly fashionable elements in portraiture at the time The artist was after all trained in London by Anthony van Dyck the leading portraitist of the Baroque Kristina regerade över en expansiv stormakt I portrÀttet av henne finns flera detaljer som pekar pÄ intressen lÄngt utanför Sveriges grÀnser det glÀnsande sidentyget citrusblommorna i hÄret och ideallandskapet som tonar bort i fjÀrran KlÀdernas rika veck den eleganta kroppsvridningen och ögonblickskaraktÀren hon tittar just upp frÄn lÀsningen av ett brev var högsta mode inom portrÀttkonsten SÄ var ocksÄ konstnÀren skolad i London hos Anthonis van Dyck barockens ledande portrÀttmÄlare 1650 Oil on canvas Olja pÄ duk Size cm 92 110 Framed Size cm 111 129 10 Institution Nationalmuseum Stockholm Signerad D Beck fecit 1650 accession number 17258 NM 308 place of creation Nationalmuseum Nationalmuseum Stockholm cooperation project Licensed-PD-Art PD-old-auto PD-Nationalmuseum_Stockholm 1656 Media contributed by Nationalmuseum Stockholm 2016-10 Paintings in the Nationalmuseum Stockholm Christina of Sweden David Beck | ||||