1721 Copper Engraving Portrait Charles IX Sweden Duke Protestant Thirty EUM2 YVM1 for their New "Perfect" White

for their New "Perfect" White Litho and Aluminum Plates

being read by architects

This piece was illustrated by Wittersten

are not visible in our digital image

leaving much of the painting in darkness

1721 Copper Engraving Portrait Charles IX Sweden Duke Protestant Thirty EUM2 YVM1 for their New "Perfect" WhiteThis is an original 1721 black and white copper engraving of "Carolus, Koenig in Schweden." This is a portrait of Charles IX of Sweden, the son of King Gustav I of Sweden and Margaret Leijonhufvud, his second wife. Charles IX (16041611) took his number according to a fictitious history of Sweden, thus in actuality he was the third Swedish King named Charles. Set against an etched background, the portrait is surrounded by a wonderful decorative motif