Title

The Fire at the Royal Palace, Stockholm, May 7th, 1697, (1862-1866). Creator: Johan Fredrik Hockert.

Caption

The Fire at the Royal Palace, Stockholm, May 7th, 1697, (1862-1866). Slottsbranden. The young King Charles XII of Sweden with his grandmother and sisters escaping ahead of his recently deceased father's body and the crown jewels coming down the stairs behind them. The fire at the Tre Kronor castle destroyed most of Sweden's national library and royal archives.

Credit line

Photo12/Heritage Images/Heritage Art

Reference

HRM23B07_270

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NA

Property release

NA

License type

Rights managed

Available size

52,7Mb (2,0Mb) / 16,5in x 12,4in / 4960 x 3713 (300dpi)

Keywords

animal building female women woman people male man men pet pets family painting dog dogs Sweden Swedish guy fire museum castle color dead dramatic crest royal death palace dress fortifications fortification spooky disaster century Royal Palace gesturing treasure upset catastrophe grandmother royalty princess concept grief distressed mourning APPAREL hand gesture distraught treasure chest prince grieving 17th century princesses hand Gestures Colour dead body 19th century heraldry mourner mourners nineteenth century seventeenth century crown jewels heraldic mourning dress TGN Charles XII King of Sweden King Charles XII Charles XII of Sweden Karl XII Johan Fredrik Hockert Hockert Johan Fredrik Oil on canvas Stockholm National Museum King of Sweden Charles XI Painting Heritage Art Carl XI Charles XI of Sweden Karl XI 19th-century clothing & dress fashion & clothing National Museum Sweden Nationalmuseum Sweden Carl XII of Sweden Carl XII King Karl XII King Karl XI Karl XI of Sweden King Charles XI Johan Fredrik H?ckert cityscape? Tre Kronor