''Tre Kronor Castle, seen from the southwest'' (
Swedish
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: ''Slottet Tre Kronor, sett från sydväst'') also called ''Tre Kronor from Slottsbacken'' (Swedish: ''Tre Kronor från Slottsbacken'') is a 1661
oil painting
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by
Dutch artist
Govert Dircksz Camphuysen
Govert Dircksz Camphuysen (born at Dokkum in 1624, and died in Amsterdam in 1672) was an animal painter, whose style was influenced by Paulus Potter.
When his father Dirck Rafaelsz Camphuysen died in 1627, his mother moved with the children to ...
. The panting's subject is the
Monarchy of Sweden's Tre Kronor Castle, which was destroyed by fire in 1697. The painting is the only known color image of the structure.
The signed and dated original is owned by the
Stockholm City Museum
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(inventory number SSM 11700). It had been part of a private collection in
England
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—whose owner had assumed it depicted some unknown Dutch castle—prior to being 'discovered' in 1947 by the Dutch firm Kunsthandel de Boer.
In 1948, Kunsthandel de Boer put the painting up for sale for .
It was then purchased by Stockholm City, and was shown as part of a new acquisitions exhibit beginning in March 1948 at the city museum.
Uppsala University
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owns a copy of the painting (inventory number UU 52), which has been described as either a "contemporary copy" or a "contemporary studio replica."
It was donated to the university by
Adolf Ludvig Stierneld
Adolf Ludvig Stierneld, Baron Stierneld (1 September 1755 – 31 July 1835) was a Swedish nobleman, courtier and collector of historical documents. Recent historical research has revealed him to be one of best and most prolific document forgers ...
upon his death in 1835 (per his 1820
will
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...
).
Until the discovery of the signed original, the creator of the painting in the university's collection was unknown,
as was its status as a copy. Inscribed on the backside of the canvas, in Stierneld's hand, is written the title "The Old Stockholm Castle in the Time of Queen Christina."
References
External links
{{Commons category, Slottet Tre Kronor, sett från sydväst
Slottet Tre Kronor, sett från sydväst Stockholm City: Digital City Museum (''in Swedish'')
Slottet Tre Kronor, sett från sydväst The Stockholm Source (''in Swedish'')
1661 paintings
17th century in Stockholm
Paintings in Stockholm