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FOLLOWER OF DAVID VON KRAFFT (SWEDISH 1655-1724) PORTRAIT OF KING CHARLES XII OF SWEDEN, THREE-QUARTER LENGTH, IN UNIFORM Oil on canvas 125 x 100cm (49 x 39¼ in.) Provenance: The Crawley-Boevey Family Sold Flaxley Abbey, Gloucestershire, Bruton, Knowles & Co., 29 March-5th April 1960, lot 1326 Bought by Mr and Mrs Frederick Baden-Watkins and thence by descent at Flaxley Abbey Literature: A Brief Account of the Antiquities, Family Pictures and Other Notable Articles at Flaxley Abbey, co. Gloucester, Bristol, 1912, pp. 15, no. 5. Charles XII (1682 - 1718) was King of Sweden (including current Finland) from 1697 to 1718. He belonged to the House of Palatinate-Zweibrücken, a branch line of the House of Wittelsbach. Charles was the only surviving son of Charles XI and Ulrika Eleonora the Elder. He assumed power, after a seven-month caretaker government, at the age of fifteen. Charles is depicted in the same blue and yellow uniform of the Swedish Imperial Guard throughout many official portraits, this is now in the Royal Armoury in Stockholm. It is not known why the present picture was in the Crawley-Boevey collection at Flaxley. Other versions of this portrait are in the Government Art Collection, London and the National Trust Collection, Plas Newydd, Anglesey. . Condition Report: The canvas has been relined. Specks of surface dirt and a discolouration of the varnish. Several superficial abrasions between the sitter's waist and the lower edge. A few scattered retouches visible to the eye but hardly visible under UV. Condition Report Disclaimer