217:
187:
232:
172:
201:
35:
20:
124:
in Saxony with the King. This realistic but forceful image of the King broke with current conventions for royal portraiture and Krafft adapted the type inherited from Swartz and produced numerous copies from 1707 and 1717. When
Charles XII had his residence in Lund in 1717, Krafft again got the
119:
Krafft's later portraits of
Charles, which are among the most well-known and reproduced, show the King in the simpler attire he adopted during the campaigns: bareheaded and wearing a simple blue uniform, except for subtle details similar to that of the other soldiers in the army. In this case,
136:, depicting the merchant and industrialist Henrik Jacob Hildebrand (1636—1714) and his wife Anna Sofia Amya on the occasion of their 50th anniversary surrounded by their over twenty children and grandchildren, as well as some deceased relatives in paintings on the wall in the background.
120:
Krafft's image was dependent on a type of portrait that had been developed in accordance with the directions of
Charles himself, and first established with the 1706-07 portrait by the artist Johan David Swartz (1678-1729), a former student of Krafft who had been present in the camp at
80:
for a journey to Italy through
Denmark and Germany. The purpose was first to visit the various princely courts to paint the Queen's relatives to supplement her portrait collection, and later to continue to Italy for further studies. He arrived in Italy in 1687, spent a year in
72:
David Klöcker
Ehrenstrahl had been born in Hamburg and settled in Sweden in the 1650s, where he was successful as a painter primarily of portraits of members of the royal house and the aristocracy. He was ennobled in 1674, receiving the surname Ehrenstrahl.
216:
112:. His last portrait of the King before his departure for the war in 1700 was an equestrian portrait showing the King wearing a wig and an ermine cape. In the absence of the King, his main employer was the Dowager Queen
186:
125:
chance to paint him live. As with the earlier portrait, based on the
Altranstädt painting by Swartz, the Lund portrait was produced in many copies by Krafft and his followers.
231:
139:
Krafft also painted many of King
Charles's generals. Besides his many portraits which were the major portion of his production, Krafft painted a large altarpiece for
287:
491:
476:
171:
69:. Krafft was called to Sweden in 1675 by Ehrenstrahl, as his assistant and apprentice. Ehrenstrahl also became his teacher in the art of painting.
200:
471:
461:
178:
332:
65:. Krafft became an orphan at an early age. His parents' names are not known but his mother was a sister of the Swedish court painter
223:
466:
496:
486:
207:
66:
50:
77:
481:
192:
145:
109:
23:
456:
451:
34:
402:
336:
310:
264:
140:
113:
133:
121:
445:
380:
358:
105:
49:(1655 – 20 September 1724), was a German-Swedish painter, the nephew and student of
128:
His largest painting is the
Hildebrand family portrait from 1713 at Nynäs Manor, (
19:
429:
Makt & Vardag. Hur man styrde, levde och tänkte under svensk stormaktstid
427:
Ericsson, Peter, "Bilden av suveränen", in: Stellan
Dahlgren et al. (ed),
101:
in 1694. He finally returned to
Stockholm and his uncle's studio in 1696.
104:
After Ehrenstrahl's death in 1698, Krafft was appointed his successor as
27:
90:
62:
94:
82:
53:
and his successor (in 1698) as painter to the Swedish Royal Court.
98:
33:
18:
86:
108:. His main task was to paint representative portraits of King
38:
Altarpiece inserted in the columns at Kalmar Cathedral (1712)
116:; about a hundred portraits of her by Krafft are known.
405:. Kunstindeks Danmark & Weilbach Kunstnerleksikon
152:Krafft was ennobled in 1719, receiving the surname
76:In 1684 Krafft received an annual grant from Queen
97:, and was awarded an increased grant for going to
431:, Stockholm: Atlantis, 1993, pp. 148–174.
160:) in 1720. He died in Stockholm during 1724.
8:
156:, and awarded the title of court intendant (
434:von Malmborg, Boo: "von Krafft, David",
248:
167:
258:
256:
254:
252:
7:
492:Emigrants from the Holy Roman Empire
333:"Nynäs manor & Nature reserve"
237:Equestrian portrait of Charles XII
16:German-Swedish painter (1655–1724)
14:
477:18th-century Swedish male artists
230:
215:
199:
185:
170:
1:
472:18th-century Swedish painters
462:17th-century Swedish painters
361:. Svenskt biografiskt lexikon
335:. Nynäs slott. Archived from
313:. Svenskt biografiskt lexikon
309:Inga Lena Ångström Grandien.
267:. Svenskt biografiskt lexikon
436:Svenskt biografiskt lexikon
288:"David Klöcker Ehrenstrahl"
30:by David von Krafft (1700)
513:
359:"Hildebrand, släkt, adlig"
290:. Gothenburg Museum of Art
78:Ulrika Eleonora the Elder
67:David Klöcker Ehrenstrahl
51:David Klöcker Ehrenstrahl
438:, 21, pp. 515–518.
208:Stanisław I Leszczyński
93:. He later traveled to
286:Kristoffer Arvidsson.
146:Descent from the Cross
39:
31:
467:Swedish male painters
383:. lexikonettamanda.se
110:Charles XII of Sweden
37:
22:
497:Immigrants to Sweden
487:Artists from Hamburg
311:"Johan David Swartz"
339:on January 30, 2019
265:"David Krafft, von"
61:Krafft was born in
403:"David von Krafft"
381:"David von Krafft"
263:Boo von Malmborg.
164:Selected portraits
89:, and one year in
40:
32:
85:, three years in
504:
415:
414:
412:
410:
399:
393:
392:
390:
388:
377:
371:
370:
368:
366:
355:
349:
348:
346:
344:
329:
323:
322:
320:
318:
306:
300:
299:
297:
295:
283:
277:
276:
274:
272:
260:
234:
219:
203:
189:
174:
141:Kalmar Cathedral
47:David von Krafft
512:
511:
507:
506:
505:
503:
502:
501:
442:
441:
424:
419:
418:
408:
406:
401:
400:
396:
386:
384:
379:
378:
374:
364:
362:
357:
356:
352:
342:
340:
331:
330:
326:
316:
314:
308:
307:
303:
293:
291:
285:
284:
280:
270:
268:
262:
261:
250:
245:
238:
235:
226:
224:Ulrika Eleanora
220:
211:
204:
195:
190:
181:
179:Hedvig Eleonora
175:
166:
158:hovintentendent
114:Hedvig Eleonora
59:
17:
12:
11:
5:
510:
508:
500:
499:
494:
489:
484:
482:Court painters
479:
474:
469:
464:
459:
454:
444:
443:
440:
439:
432:
423:
420:
417:
416:
394:
372:
350:
324:
301:
278:
247:
246:
244:
241:
240:
239:
236:
229:
227:
221:
214:
212:
205:
198:
196:
191:
184:
182:
176:
169:
165:
162:
58:
55:
15:
13:
10:
9:
6:
4:
3:
2:
509:
498:
495:
493:
490:
488:
485:
483:
480:
478:
475:
473:
470:
468:
465:
463:
460:
458:
455:
453:
450:
449:
447:
437:
433:
430:
426:
425:
422:Other sources
421:
404:
398:
395:
382:
376:
373:
360:
354:
351:
338:
334:
328:
325:
312:
305:
302:
289:
282:
279:
266:
259:
257:
255:
253:
249:
242:
233:
228:
225:
218:
213:
209:
202:
197:
194:
193:Hedvig Sophia
188:
183:
180:
173:
168:
163:
161:
159:
155:
150:
148:
147:
142:
137:
135:
131:
126:
123:
117:
115:
111:
107:
106:court painter
102:
100:
96:
92:
88:
84:
79:
74:
70:
68:
64:
56:
54:
52:
48:
44:
36:
29:
25:
21:
435:
428:
407:. Retrieved
397:
385:. Retrieved
375:
363:. Retrieved
353:
341:. Retrieved
337:the original
327:
315:. Retrieved
304:
292:. Retrieved
281:
269:. Retrieved
157:
153:
151:
144:
143:showing the
138:
134:Södermanland
129:
127:
118:
103:
75:
71:
60:
46:
45:, from 1719
43:David Krafft
42:
41:
457:1724 deaths
452:1655 births
130:Nynäs slott
122:Altranstädt
24:Charles XII
446:Categories
409:January 1,
387:January 1,
365:January 1,
343:January 1,
317:January 1,
294:January 1,
271:January 1,
243:References
154:von Krafft
210:of Poland
57:Biography
149:(1712).
28:portrait
91:Bologna
63:Hamburg
222:Queen
177:Queen
95:Vienna
83:Venice
206:King
132:) in
99:Paris
411:2019
389:2019
367:2019
345:2019
319:2019
296:2019
273:2019
87:Rome
448::
251:^
26:,
413:.
391:.
369:.
347:.
321:.
298:.
275:.
Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License. Additional terms may apply.
