Portret van Gustaaf II, koning van Zweden

About this artwork

blad: hoogte 422 mm x breedte 297 mm

Art Historical Context

This engraving by Willem Jacobsz Delff captures Gustav II Adolphus, King of Sweden, in a formal and dignified pose. Created in 1633, just one year after the monarch’s death at the Battle of Lützen, the print served as a lasting memorial to a ruler celebrated across Protestant Europe for his military leadership during the Thirty Years’ War. Delff, a skilled Dutch engraver active in Delft during the Golden Age, specialized in translating painted portraits into widely distributable prints. The large sheet—measuring over 40 centimeters in height—allowed for considerable detail in the rendering of...