tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3067098918914268503.post1926432473983338843..comments2024-03-29T15:04:20.549+11:00Comments on ART and ARCHITECTURE, mainly: King Gustav III of Sweden - gold, diamonds and gifts of grandeurHelshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02849907428208235392noreply@blogger.comBlogger18125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3067098918914268503.post-86456166571315605792022-01-15T13:40:43.337+11:002022-01-15T13:40:43.337+11:00Luiz
these were truly gifts of grandeur, yes. If ...Luiz<br /><br />these were truly gifts of grandeur, yes. If you do something wonderful for the nation here, you can get initials after your name eg OA. Helshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02849907428208235392noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3067098918914268503.post-80605089226338980732022-01-15T01:31:10.269+11:002022-01-15T01:31:10.269+11:00Bom dia minha querida amiga. Parabéns pelo seu exc...Bom dia minha querida amiga. Parabéns pelo seu excelente trabalho e matéria. Bom final de semana com muita paz e saúde. Luiz Gomeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07701551526214852309noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3067098918914268503.post-27912942892812690982022-01-14T22:59:21.016+11:002022-01-14T22:59:21.016+11:00Adamas
interesting point, yes. There were so many...Adamas<br /><br />interesting point, yes. There were so many wars involving Sweden before, during and after Gustav III's reign, it is amazing that the king ever turned his mind to literature, opera, music, decorative arts, palace architecture or anything but the armed services. I think Gustav's worst problem was that he couldn't trust his own nobility, so no matter how cultured he wanted Sweden to be, in the end his life was going to be short.Helshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02849907428208235392noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3067098918914268503.post-7574104760931620742022-01-14T21:15:32.042+11:002022-01-14T21:15:32.042+11:00Maybe the reason that why very few gift are surviv...Maybe the reason that why very few gift are survived is that next years after king's death started in Europe war, which finished in 1815 (included Napoleon's war). War was very expensive and Sweden lost their royal familly - new, Bernadotte (still rule in Sweden), changed Sweden's foreign policy.<br />And, in this time, the tastes in art have changed :)Adamashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09127232865816906462noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3067098918914268503.post-14734363131588446802022-01-13T21:30:23.185+11:002022-01-13T21:30:23.185+11:00mem
I know a lot about art history, but I know so...mem<br /><br />I know a lot about art history, but I know sod all about computers and streaming services. A grandchild is coming on Sunday to set it all up, bless his heart.<br /><br />If you ever have the urge to write a guest blog post for me, reviewing The Great or any other historical series, just let me know :)Helshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02849907428208235392noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3067098918914268503.post-71118812038098108652022-01-13T21:25:39.536+11:002022-01-13T21:25:39.536+11:00Britta
Gustav III of Sweden only lived a short li...Britta<br /><br />Gustav III of Sweden only lived a short life (1746-92), but he didn't die from anything like cholera. He was assassinated at 46! He may have thought he was a much loved king, but even so, he had a responsibility to protect himself. Yet he did NOT wear metal armour in the army, he didn't travel with body guards and he didn't go under cover when the nobility conspired to have the king assassinated. It was clear already in 1791 that the nobles thought murder would be the only way to reform the constitution.Helshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02849907428208235392noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3067098918914268503.post-5314416491752465472022-01-13T17:25:15.011+11:002022-01-13T17:25:15.011+11:00Bonhams
that gold presentation snuff box is gorge...Bonhams<br /><br />that gold presentation snuff box is gorgeous and reminds me very much of the shape, purpose, materials and decoration of the Gustav III box c1778. Even though the two brothers' boxes were made decades apart, they were both made in Hanau. Thank you.Helshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02849907428208235392noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3067098918914268503.post-68241407983134121652022-01-13T17:11:15.239+11:002022-01-13T17:11:15.239+11:00Thank you for that interesting post, Helen, from w...Thank you for that interesting post, Helen, from which I learned a lot. I admire people who bring culture and art to bloom -of course I do understand the question above of Ex-Pat, which reminds me of a line from Bertolt Brecht: "Who built the 7-gated Theben?", meaning that the honour belongs to the poor workmen - but I am so glad someone enabled art. On Wikipedia I now looked up the life of Gustav III - had he but listened to the warning of his old friend Carl Pontus Lillehorn! Brittahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10688373434576442657noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3067098918914268503.post-54330394652037330692022-01-13T14:52:07.183+11:002022-01-13T14:52:07.183+11:00King Charles XIII (1748–1818) was the second son o...King Charles XIII (1748–1818) was the second son of King Adolf Frederick of Sweden and brother to King Gustav III (1746-1771). Charles XIII was loyal to his brother Gustav throughout his life, took the King's side during the conflicts with the family, and helped him during the Coup d'Etat in 1772. After the assassination of Gustav, Charles eventually became king of Sweden. <br /><br />See a 19th century German gold presentation snuff box by Sochay & Colin, Hanau, 1817-25<br />Rectangular with portrait miniature on ivory of King Charles XIII.Bonhamshttps://www.bonhams.com/auctions/22301/lot/101/?category=listnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3067098918914268503.post-35837548978581156882022-01-13T13:55:08.784+11:002022-01-13T13:55:08.784+11:00You will have a good chortle!!You will have a good chortle!!memhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15192448988340897285noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3067098918914268503.post-89071266625923606402022-01-13T11:49:33.574+11:002022-01-13T11:49:33.574+11:00mem
our families had exotic and mobile histories,...mem<br /><br />our families had exotic and mobile histories, didn't they? Both sides of my family lived in Lithuania for a very long time, then migrated to Southern Russia (now Ukraine). From there, the paternal family moved to the East End of London, while the maternal family moved to Canada, Australia and Israel.<br /><br />Thanks for the reference to The Great, on Stan. I normally don't enjoy right wing Western views on Russia, but Stan advertised this as a "genre-bending, anti-historical ride through 18th Century Russia". Satire is my favourite form of drama :)Helshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02849907428208235392noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3067098918914268503.post-62589207745049646622022-01-13T09:42:32.462+11:002022-01-13T09:42:32.462+11:00i j=know very little about Swedish history but hav...i j=know very little about Swedish history but have found a forebear who arrived in Denmark from Sweden having written religious tracts which he then published. I think he originally came from what would become Prussia /Poland and he was responsible for my fathers family coming to Northern Germany / Denmark . I wonder if the Gustavian marauders who marched through these parts of northern Europe were instigators of his flight?? <br /> Hels have you come across "The Great". Its on Stan I think and very funny . We have been enjoying the amazing costuming and the somewhat loose and naughty interpretation of history .memhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15192448988340897285noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3067098918914268503.post-57432333870812127052022-01-12T20:15:04.398+11:002022-01-12T20:15:04.398+11:00Parnassus
I am passionate about gold and silver a...Parnassus<br /><br />I am passionate about gold and silver art, so if I legally bought a piece of King Gustav art at an auction house, I would never ever EVER sell/give it to the NGV in Melbourne, Nationalmuseum Sweden or anywhere else. And because the snuff or jewellery boxes were so easily placed on a library shelf, who would even know?<br /><br />Gustav III poured money into the army and navy, but I was much more interested in his endless generosity to cultural organisations and causes. Even if he did it largely to enhance his own glory, what a man!Helshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02849907428208235392noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3067098918914268503.post-45665198752154468902022-01-12T18:32:45.116+11:002022-01-12T18:32:45.116+11:00Hello Hels, Gold snuffboxes are easy targets for t...Hello Hels, Gold snuffboxes are easy targets for theft, after which many are melted down, as their individual decoration is too identifiable. This may partially account for their scarcity. Also, even though he is described as generous, is there any real estimate of how many of these royal trinkets he gave away? The way you detail the individually supervised design and manufacture process, they could not have been produced at a fast clip. Also, in interior photos of many fancy homes, we often see collections of small gold snuffboxes and objets de vertu on tables. Perhaps some of these are from Gustav III, waiting to be identified.<br />-JimParnassushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08958901307538141468noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3067098918914268503.post-37599813468747578792022-01-12T14:01:08.157+11:002022-01-12T14:01:08.157+11:00Ex-Pat
money didn't seem to be a problem for ...Ex-Pat<br /><br />money didn't seem to be a problem for this very generous king. As well as pouring financial support into the Royal Opera, Royal Ballet, literary and art academies, he bought up land around his palace and built lakes, gazebos and temples. Jewel-encrusted portraits of the monarch on small gold boxes would have been all pleasure for him.Helshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02849907428208235392noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3067098918914268503.post-31037843705053331832022-01-12T12:30:06.035+11:002022-01-12T12:30:06.035+11:00Good to see you. Gustav was a man of culture and a...Good to see you. Gustav was a man of culture and also a man of very expensive taste. Who paid for all those diamonds? and goldEx-Patnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3067098918914268503.post-41478449932718393102022-01-11T21:28:47.051+11:002022-01-11T21:28:47.051+11:00Deb
happy new year to you too. A healthy, safe on...Deb<br /><br />happy new year to you too. A healthy, safe one!<br /><br />I didn't know Henrichsen either, so I had a look for other enamel portraits to examine. Have a look at his work called "Swedish Kung Gustaf III" in the Finnish National Gallery<br /><br />https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/c0/Johan_Georg_Henrichsen_-_King_Gustaf_III_-_S_404_-_Finnish_National_Gallery.jpgHelshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02849907428208235392noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3067098918914268503.post-33178307887091111332022-01-11T20:17:47.153+11:002022-01-11T20:17:47.153+11:00I don't think Henrichsen and I ever met. Yet h...I don't think Henrichsen and I ever met. Yet his portraits seemed very royal. Thanks and happy new year, Helen.Debnoreply@blogger.com