Lot 89
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Follower of Michel Sittow
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Follower of Michel Sittow

Portrait of Christian II (1481-1559), King of Denmark, Norway (1513-1523) and Sweden (1520-1521), bust-length

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Follower of Michel Sittow
Portrait of Christian II (1481-1559), King of Denmark, Norway (1513-1523) and Sweden (1520-1521), bust-length
oil on panel, unframed
13 x 19¾ in. (33 x 24.8 cm.)
with old inscription on reverse 'A chr[i]stianus·2 cognito crudelis Danorum · et Suedorum·Rex'
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Lot Essay

Deriving from the portrait by Michel Sittow in the National Museum of Copenhagen, Denmark. Christian II of Denmark was a typically bombastic Renaissance prince. At home he alienated the Danish nobility by his populist reforms and working class mistress; abroad he took Sweden by force but his attempt to hold onto it by massacring the Swedish nobility at Stockholm provoked the Swedes to unify behind the famous Vasa dynasty and expel him.

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