LadyFinn
Imperial Majesty
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- Finland
Photos from the Instagram of Håkan Groth, antique expert, dealer and a photographer.
The Green Salon was redecorated by Queen Lovisa Ulrica in the mid-18th century when the tiled stove was installed. The portrait of Catherine the Great is a contemporary copy by Pehr Krafft the Elder after Alexander Roslin. Louis XVI's portrait is by Joseph-Sifrède Duplessis
https://www.instagram.com/p/BJvvaIPBHIS/?taken-by=hakan_groth
The elaborately carved and gilt crowned coat-of-arms of Russia on the frame of the portrait of Catherine the Great.
https://www.instagram.com/p/BJvxTMyhiSL/?taken-by=hakan_groth
The crowned monogram of Queen Sophia Dorothea of Prussia (the mother of Queen Lovisa Ulrica) on her framed portrait.
https://www.instagram.com/p/BJvxwK9BaB0/?taken-by=hakan_groth
This grand portrait of Louis XV of France by Louis-Michel van Loos (1707-71) hangs in the Green Salon. It would have been a gift to King Adolph Fredric and Queen Lovisa Ulrica.
https://www.instagram.com/p/BJw-G4bh5od/?taken-by=hakan_groth
Queen Hedvig Eleonora's intention with Drottningholm Palace was to create a monument over the dynasty and to that end the lower gallery was dedicated to her late husband Carl X Gustaf (d. 1660). The walls are covered by battle scenes glorifying his military successes by the German born painter Johann Philip Lembke (1631-1711). The bust in the centre of the king is by Nicolae Millich.
https://www.instagram.com/p/BJw_Ng6BUTm/?taken-by=hakan_groth
The great Court Painter David Klöcker was ennobled for his services to the royal family and took the name Ehrenstrahl. His portraits glorify the royals, but he was also forced to paint their horses, pets and the exotic flowers that they grew. This large painting from 1687 is of a camel and it's minder Schabash. They were both capture in the war against the Turkey in Hungary and brought to Sweden by the Field Marshal Count Nils Bielke and presented to King Carl XI as a 'gift'. Schabash was christened, became Swedish was given a job at the Royal Stables and changed his name to Nils.
https://www.instagram.com/p/BJyETZPBwhG/?taken-by=hakan_groth
Queen Lovisa Ulrica of Sweden (1720-82) by Lorentz Pasch the Younger. She was the wife of King Adolph Fredric and the sister of Friedrich the Great of Prussia. She was highly intelligent and a great patron of the arts. She modernised Drottningholm Palace with new interiors in the fashionable Louis XV style.
https://www.instagram.com/p/BJzmLmOhBJ7/?taken-by=hakan_groth
The Green Cabinet was one of Queen Lovisa Ulrica's favourite rooms redecorated by Carl Hårleman in 1747. Here she hung portraits of her family. It is said the petit point embroidery on the armchairs is made the queen and her ladies in waiting. The French Louis XV commode from the 1730's is by Jacques-Philippe Carel.
https://www.instagram.com/p/BJznkOehJ1a/?taken-by=hakan_groth
A pastel portrait of King Adolph Fredric of Sweden (1710-71). He was a Prince of Holstein-Gottorp and Prince-Bishop of Lübeck who was chosen in 1743 as the heir to the childless King Fredric I whom he succeeded in 1751. He was the father of Gustaf III and Carl XIII.
https://www.instagram.com/p/BJzoKqPhchy/?taken-by=hakan_groth
The Green Salon was redecorated by Queen Lovisa Ulrica in the mid-18th century when the tiled stove was installed. The portrait of Catherine the Great is a contemporary copy by Pehr Krafft the Elder after Alexander Roslin. Louis XVI's portrait is by Joseph-Sifrède Duplessis
https://www.instagram.com/p/BJvvaIPBHIS/?taken-by=hakan_groth
The elaborately carved and gilt crowned coat-of-arms of Russia on the frame of the portrait of Catherine the Great.
https://www.instagram.com/p/BJvxTMyhiSL/?taken-by=hakan_groth
The crowned monogram of Queen Sophia Dorothea of Prussia (the mother of Queen Lovisa Ulrica) on her framed portrait.
https://www.instagram.com/p/BJvxwK9BaB0/?taken-by=hakan_groth
This grand portrait of Louis XV of France by Louis-Michel van Loos (1707-71) hangs in the Green Salon. It would have been a gift to King Adolph Fredric and Queen Lovisa Ulrica.
https://www.instagram.com/p/BJw-G4bh5od/?taken-by=hakan_groth
Queen Hedvig Eleonora's intention with Drottningholm Palace was to create a monument over the dynasty and to that end the lower gallery was dedicated to her late husband Carl X Gustaf (d. 1660). The walls are covered by battle scenes glorifying his military successes by the German born painter Johann Philip Lembke (1631-1711). The bust in the centre of the king is by Nicolae Millich.
https://www.instagram.com/p/BJw_Ng6BUTm/?taken-by=hakan_groth
The great Court Painter David Klöcker was ennobled for his services to the royal family and took the name Ehrenstrahl. His portraits glorify the royals, but he was also forced to paint their horses, pets and the exotic flowers that they grew. This large painting from 1687 is of a camel and it's minder Schabash. They were both capture in the war against the Turkey in Hungary and brought to Sweden by the Field Marshal Count Nils Bielke and presented to King Carl XI as a 'gift'. Schabash was christened, became Swedish was given a job at the Royal Stables and changed his name to Nils.
https://www.instagram.com/p/BJyETZPBwhG/?taken-by=hakan_groth
Queen Lovisa Ulrica of Sweden (1720-82) by Lorentz Pasch the Younger. She was the wife of King Adolph Fredric and the sister of Friedrich the Great of Prussia. She was highly intelligent and a great patron of the arts. She modernised Drottningholm Palace with new interiors in the fashionable Louis XV style.
https://www.instagram.com/p/BJzmLmOhBJ7/?taken-by=hakan_groth
The Green Cabinet was one of Queen Lovisa Ulrica's favourite rooms redecorated by Carl Hårleman in 1747. Here she hung portraits of her family. It is said the petit point embroidery on the armchairs is made the queen and her ladies in waiting. The French Louis XV commode from the 1730's is by Jacques-Philippe Carel.
https://www.instagram.com/p/BJznkOehJ1a/?taken-by=hakan_groth
A pastel portrait of King Adolph Fredric of Sweden (1710-71). He was a Prince of Holstein-Gottorp and Prince-Bishop of Lübeck who was chosen in 1743 as the heir to the childless King Fredric I whom he succeeded in 1751. He was the father of Gustaf III and Carl XIII.
https://www.instagram.com/p/BJzoKqPhchy/?taken-by=hakan_groth
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