Discover king, collector of Dutch and Flemish painting, art collector Christian 4.

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: Christiaan IV (koning van Denemarken en Noorwegen)
Christian den Fjerde
Christiaan IV van Denemarken
Christian IV (king of Denmark and Norway)

Qualifications: king, collector of Dutch and Flemish painting, art collector, commissioner (person who orders works)

Nationality/school: Danish

Born: Hillerød (Frederiksborg) 1577-04-12
Frederiksborg Castle

Deceased: Copenhagen 1648-02-28

See also In this field, you will find references to names of groups or to the artists that made/make up groups. You may also come across references to other artists if there was/is question of collaboration without a joint name. This is the case, for instance, with artists who rendered parts of works by other artists (such as with P.P Rubens and J. Brueghel I).

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69 hits in RKDimages as provenance
10 hits in RKDlibrary as subject

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Biographical information

Period of activity: 1588 - 1648

Active in

Kopenhagen
Castle Copenhagen
Hillerød (Frederiksborg)
Frederiksborg Slot, in Dutch Renaissance style (Turner et al. 1996). Karel van Mander II made 26 tapestries for this castle with scenes from the Danish-Swedish war (Gerson 1942/1983).
Hillerød (Frederiksborg)
Sparepenge Palace, in the park of Castle Frederiksborg
Helsingør
Slot Kronborg, renovated on commission of Christian IV in 1631, by Hans van Steenwinckel
Rosenborg (Kopenhagen)
Groot-Brittannië 1606
Christian IV visited England in 1606 and 1614.

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Literature

Literature in RKDLibrary: 10 hits in RKDlibrary as subject

Houbraken 1718-1721 , vol. 1 (1718), p. 136, 149, 234, 344; vol. 3 (1721), p. 182
Gerson 1942/1983 , p. 453-459, 461, 462, 464, 465, 473.
Heiberg et al. 1988 , p. 15-20
Turner et al. 1996 , vol. 14 (1996), p. 369-370 (under: Kronborg Castle)
Turner et al. 1996 , vol. 14 (1996), p. 541-543 (under: Frederiksborg Castle)
Turner et al. 1996 , vol. 23 (1996), p. 396 (as: Christian IV)
Hein 2009 , vol. 1
Horn/Van Leeuwen 2021 [Houbraken Translated]

J. Roding, 'Deense koningen en Utrechtse kunstenaars', Maandblad Oud Utrecht 54 (1981), no. 11, p. 161-163
M. Bencard, ‘Christian IV as Mediator’, in: K. Bussmann and H. Schilling (eds.), 1648. War and Peace in Europe (2 vols.), Münster (Westfälisches Landesmuseum für Kunst und Kulturgeschichte, and Kulturhistorisches Museum) Osnabrück (Kunsthalle Dominikanerkirche) 1998-1999, vol. 2, p. 587-592

Project: Gerson Digital : Denmark

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