Jürgen Ovens

Object category

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Jürgen Ovens, Het huwelijk van prinses Hedwig Eleonore van Schleswig-Holstein-Gottorf met de Zweedse koning Karel X Gustaaf op 24 oktober 1654 (part of a series)
Jürgen Ovens, De kroning van Hedwig Eleonora van Schleswig-Holstein-Gottorf tot koningin van Zweden op 26 oktober 1654 (part of a series)

part of a series of three paintings commissioned at the occasion of the marriage of princess Hedwig Eleonora of Schleswig-Holstein-Gottorf with king Karl X Gustav of Sweden in 1654

Support/medium

canvas, oil paint

Shape/dimensions

rectangle (landscape format) 192 x 298 cm

Signature/inscription Information about the signature, dating, inscription or any other mark on the front or back of the art work

signed location unknown: J. Ovens f.
According to Schmidt 1922, without mentioning the location

Current attribution: Jürgen Ovens

Date Exact or approximate dating of the described art work; the search parameters adopted for this art work in this database, are found in brackets.: c. 1655-1657 (1655 - 1657)
Created in: Friedrichstadt (an der Eider) probably painted in Friedrichstadt on the basis of a sketch Ovens had drawn during the wedding

Subject

Title Title of the art-work in Dutch: De Zweedse koning Karl X Gustav en koningin Hedwig Eleonore van Schleswig-Holstein-Gottorf verlaten na de kroning op 26 oktober 1654 de Sankt Nicolai kerk te Stockholm
English title: The Swedish king Karl X Gustav and queen Hedwig Eleonore of Schleswig-Holstein-Gottorf leave Sankt Nicolai church in Stockholm after the coronation on 26 October 1654
Genre: history (genre)
Keywords: historical event, marriage, exterior view (guide term), king, queen, procession, group of people, worship, man, woman, child, torch, crown, mantle, scepter, globe
Depicted place In the case of topographical representations, i.e. identified exteriors or interiors, the location depicted is noted in this field: Stockholm (city)

Collection(s): Drottningholm Slott, Drottningholm , inv./cat.nr NMDrh 532

Exhibitions

Jürgen Ovens : 1623 Tönning - 1678 Friedrichstadt Städtisches Museum Flensburg , Flensburg , 1963-09-08 - 1963-10-13 , no. 10, ill. 10

Literature

Schmidt 1922 , p. 170, no. 162
Drost 1926 , p. 283
Gerson 1942/1983 , p. 488
Adriani 1977 , p. 112
Schlüter-Göttsche 1978A , p. 14
Schlüter-Göttsche 1978B , p. 90
Sumowski 1983-1994 , vol. 3 (1983), p. 2226, no. 1489, ill.
Turner et al. 1996 , B.P.J. Broos, 'Jürgen Ovens', vol. 23, p. 674-675, spec. p. 674
Haak 2001 , p. 191, no. SH 13
Skogh 2013 , p. 137
Köster 2017 , p. 80-92, ill. 60 (color) on p. 89, p. 390, G147, ill. , with provenance and bibliography

H. Schmidt, ‘Jürgen Ovens’ Gemälde und Zeichnungen mit Vorwürfen aus der schleswig-holsteinischen und nordischen Geschichte’, in: H. Schmidt and V. Pauls (eds.), Festgabe für Prof. D. Dr. Richard Haupt. Provinzialkonservator der Provinz Schleswig-Holstein. Geh. Regierungsrat, zu seinem 75. Geburtstage 6. Oktober 1921 dargebracht von seinen Freunden, Kiel 1922, p. 62-94, spec. p. 83
H. Schmidt, ‘Jürgen Ovens zum Gedächtnis. Zum 250. Todestage des Malers (9. Dezember 1928)’, Der Schleswig-Holsteiner 9 (1928), p. 768-772, spec. p. 769
H. Schmidt, ‘Jürgen Ovens’, Schleswig-Holstein. Monatshefte für Heimat und Volkstum 12 (1953), p. 301-305, spec. p. 302
E. Martius, Schleswig-Holsteinische Maler in europäischen Museen, Heide in Holstein [1956], p. 11-12
G. Schlüter-Göttsche, ‘Jürgen Ovens, Leben und Werk’, Jahrbuch des Kreises Eutin 5 (1971), p. 12-18, spec. p. 13
G. Schlüter-Göttsche, ‘Ovens, Jürgen (Juriaen, Georg)’, Biographisches Lexikon für Schleswig-Holstein und Lübeck, vol. 4 (1976), p. 177-180, spec. p. 178
L.O. Larsson, 'Jürgen Ovens und die Malerei an den nordeuropäischen Höfen um die Mitte des 17. Jahrhunderts', in: S.O. Lindquist (ed.), Economy and culture in the Baltic 1650-1700, Visby 1989, p. 161-176, spec. p. 168-169 (reprint in: A. von Buttlar and U. Kuder [eds.], L.O. Larsson, Wege nach Süden. Wege nach Norden. Aufsätze zu Kunst und Architektur, Kiel 1998, p. 170-184)
J. Drees, ‘Jürgen Ovens (1623-1678) als höfischer Maler. Beobachtungen zur Porträt- und Historienmalerei am Gottorfer Hof’, in: H. Spielmann and J. Drees et al., cat. exh. Gottorf im Glanz des Barock. Kunst und Kultur am Schleswiger Hof 1544-1713, 4 vols. (Schleswig-Holsteinisches Landesmuseum, Schloss Gottorf, Schleswig) 1997, vol. 1, p. 244-259, spec. p. 249-250

Visual documentation

Location image Location of the image in the visual documentation.

BD/Digital Collection (img.nr. 1001728135)
BD/Digital Collection (img.nr. 0000354795)

Project: Gerson Digital : Germany
Gerson Digital : Sweden
RemBench

External links: this painting in Drottningholm Slott (Nationalmuseum Sweden)

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Creation date: 2013-01-21; Last modified date: 2023-02-01

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