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Portrait of Christina of Denmark (or Portrait in Mourning) is an oil on oak panel painting by Hans Holbein the Younger completed in 1538. [1] It was commissioned that year by Thomas Cromwell, agent for Henry VIII, as a betrothal painting following the death of the English Queen Jane Seymour.
Christina (Swedish: Kristina; 18 December [O.S. 8 December] 1626 – 19 April 1689) was a member of the House of Vasa and the Queen of Sweden in her own right from 1632 until her abdication in 1654. [a] Her conversion to Catholicism and refusal to marry led her to relinquish her throne and move to Rome.
Oct 23, 2020 · Online, the term fappening refers to a hacker who has illegally accessed nude photos of individuals, oftentimes celebrities, and then leaks them on global forums like 4chan, Reddit and Saidit—at times in exchange for payment, usually cryptocurrency.
The images of the Swedish 17th century queen are as varied as they are contradictory. The exhibition "Images of Kristina" mixed history with the present, historical portraits with contemporary art, sound installations with authentic objects.
The National Museum’s collection contains an intriguing portrait of Queen Christina of Sweden (1626–1689). She is depicted as a living bust with a helmet, accompanied by an owl, books and an olive branch. She is gazing into space with an absent-minded look.
Queen Christina of Sweden, on Horseback. 1653 - 1654. Oil on canvas. Ábside. Dressed in grey, Christine of Sweden appears on a rearing horse, which symbolizes her status as queen and her power in seventeenth-century Europe. The presence of a falconer beside the dogs alludes to her high station, as hunting was an exercised reserved for royalty ...
Sep 9, 2022 · The photographer who took the last public picture of the Queen before her death has spoken of what happened when they met. Jane Barlow, a Press Association photographer, was sent to Balmoral to capture the moment the monarch met Liz Truss, the new prime minister, on Tuesday to officially ask her to form a government.
