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.
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[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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