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Gustav (1683–1685), Prince of Sweden, Still Life, 1685
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    Gustav (1683–1685), Prince of Sweden, Still Life, 1685

    TitleGustav (1683–1685), Prince of Sweden, Still Life, 1685
  • Technique/ MaterialOil on canvas
  • DimensionsDimensions: (h x b) 60,5 x 48,5 cm
    Frame: (h x b x dj) 68 x 56 x 5,5 cm
  • DatingSigned 1686
  • Artist/Maker Artist: Cornelis van der Meulen, Dutch, born 1642, dead between 1691-12 and 1692-01-04
  • Depicted PersonPrince Gustav, Swedish, born 1683-06-14, dead 1685-04-26
  • CategoryPaintings, Paintings
  • Classificationpainting
  • Inventory No.NMGrh 1363
  • AcquisitionTransferred 1865 Gripsholm Castle
  • ExhibitedNationalmuseum, Room 1662 17th century
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    Cornelis van der Meulen came to Sweden from the Netherlands in
    1678. In 1685–86, as a commission from Dowager Queen Hedvig Eleonora, he painted two of her deceased grandchildren, Princes Gus- tav and Ulrik. His image of Gustav is in fact a portrait of a portrait, reproducing Nicolaes Millich’s marble bust of the prince, which is at Drottningholm. It is also a still life with symbols of the brevity of life, like the skull and the soap bubble resting in the shell.