This is one of the most famous Swedish paintings of the national romantic era. It was painted in 1871 by Georg von Rosen and shows King Erik XIV, his wife Karin Månsdotter and the king’s private secretary and advisor Jöran Persson, who in Swedish historiography (dictated by Erik XIV's brothers Johan and Karl) is depicted as a cruel and ruthless person w…
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