Portrait

von Krafft, David

Group M I. Description enl Peyron: The king barved, seemingly from the front, standing on a black and witty stone floor, and inserting the famous Carolinian uniform: tall yellow collar gloves, blue partially unbuttoned coat with gilded buttons, black buckle scarf, yellow leather belt, yellow leather pants, stacked with spurs fitted high collar boots, extremely loathed at the front. The king holds a long hoist with his hand, the stack through a hole in the coat of arms and with the tip faced inside a sleif on the venstra boot. High hand and forearm prop against a table, shrouded in a dark, with royal crowns sprinkled canvas. On the same table is placed a carmose-red apartment, bearing a golden royal crown, littered with large pearls, as well as a spire, and from there a shepherd’s mantle descends. In the background, a rippled column rises, of which, however, only the bottom is visible, the upper is surrounded by a dark red drapery, which forms a kind of throne sky behind and over the king, seemingly of velvet with gold fringes. The far right is painted in bright yellow letters Charles XII King of Sweden No. 1682 O 1718, in four rows. Perception: Gilded, simply ornate, narrow wooden frame. Painted by David v Krafft enl. Prof. Hahr.