Equestrian portrait of Gustave II Adolf, King of Sweden. In the background the battle of Gartz on the Oder (1631). For this portrait De Passe used the plate of his 30 years earlier equestrian portrait of Prince Maurice in the Battle of Nieuwpoort. Above the print is a biblical quote from Proverbs. In the margin the name and function of the person portrayed, a six-line ode in Latin and a four-line ode in French, Equestrian Portrait of Gustaaf II Adolf., print maker: Crispijn van de Passe (I), (mentioned on object), Monogrammist JC (19e eeuw), (mentioned on object), Utrecht, 1600 and/or 1631

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