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The Death of Queen Sophie Amalie  1882

by Kristian Zahrtmann

Surrounded by silverware and magnificent silks, the dowager queen Sophie Amalie (1628-1685) breathes her last. A grotesque figure whose status and wealth cannot deliver her from a violent and painful death by asphyxiation. [br] [b]Leonora Christine's memoirs[/b] The painting belongs to the group of around 100 pictures, studies, and sculptures that Zahrtmann created on t...
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Courtesy of the National Gallery of Denmark