Huwelijk van Karel XI van Zweden met Ulrika van Denemarken
Arvid Karlsteen
1680
Medium
striking (metalworking)
Dimensions
2.7; 8.34
About this artwork
Gift of J.M. van Gelder-Nijhoff
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...