Huwelijk van Karel XI van Zweden met Ulrika van Denemarken
Arvid Karlsteen
1680
Medium
striking (metalworking)
Dimensions
4.9; 41.33
About this artwork
Zilveren penning. Voorzijde: borststuk man en vrouw binnen omschrift. Keerzijde: Juno met pauw en Jupiter met arend en bliksemschacht geven elkaar de hand binnen omschrift
About the Artist
Arvid Karlsteen · 1647–1718
Arvid Karlsteen (1647–1718) was a Swedish medal engraver and portrait miniaturist who documented Swedish royalty during the reign of King Charles XI. Born on March 16, 1647, on a farm near Karlskoga, Karlsteen was the son of Jonas Kjellander, a cartographer, and his wife Brita Larsdotter von Sacken. This family background provided exposure to precision draftsmanship and careful documentation, skil...