Christian IV, King of Denmark, with his eldest son Frederick, (1816).Artist: Robert Dunkarton

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Christian IV, King of Denmark, with his eldest son Frederick, (1816). Christian IV (1577-1648) was King of Denmark and Norway from 1588. His eldest son succeeded him as Frederick III (1609-1670) and is remembered as the king who introduced the principle of absolute monarchy to Denmark. A print from Fifteen Splendid Portraits of Royal Personages, engraved in mezzotinto by Richard Earlom, Charles Turner and R Dunkarton, printed by J McCreery, Black Horse Court, Fleet Street, London, 1816.

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