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Christina, Queen of Sweden

Print
mid 17th century (printed)
Artist/Maker

Print, portrait of a woman, head and shoulders, facing half left, in an octagonal frame carried by a flying, crowned eagle. Below is a landscape with a town, a mounted soldier on the right and the royal arms on the left. Above is a sun-face lighting the portrait.


Object details

Categories
Object type
TitleChristina, Queen of Sweden (generic title)
Materials and techniques
Engraving
Brief description
Print, portrait of Christina, Queen of Sweden, engraving by Balu (?), mid-17th century.
Physical description
Print, portrait of a woman, head and shoulders, facing half left, in an octagonal frame carried by a flying, crowned eagle. Below is a landscape with a town, a mounted soldier on the right and the royal arms on the left. Above is a sun-face lighting the portrait.
Dimensions
  • Height: 30.8cm (cut)
  • Width: 42.5cm (cut)
Dimensions taken from Victoria and Albert Museum Department of Prints and Drawings and Department of Paintings, Accessions 1960: Volume 2, Edgar Seligman Gift. London: HMSO, 1966.
Marks and inscriptions
  • 'Balu sc.' (Signed)
  • 'Nata Imperio.' (Lettered)
Credit line
Given by Edgar Seligman
Subjects depicted
Bibliographic reference
Victoria and Albert Museum Department of Prints and Drawings and Department of Paintings, Accessions 1960: Volume 2, Edgar Seligman Gift. London: HMSO, 1966.
Collection
Accession number
E.140-1960

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
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