Portrait of Axel Oxenstierna, attributed to David Beck (1621-1656), carried out ca. 1647-1651.

Oil painting on canvas, even compiled. Chest image, 3/4 phase right. Axel Oxenstierna is black dressed with white collar and a tight sitting small black headdress. Dark background. A tergo: inscription on the new canvas “LPC” (ev. D) under the Greek crown. “Axel Comte d 'Oxenstierna// Chancelier de Suède// Né le 16 Juin 1583// Mort le 28 Août 1654.” Down “L 18,” on h. page “18.” Fanér with a stamp crowned IPD on the crosslink of the tension frame, also pasted paper patch with a stamp: “Ce tableau Fl 'option ci-apres:” Extrait de la maison nationale// du Pont de la Montagne, alias StCloud//..... “On the frame paper patch with print in blue” Christina Queen of Sweden// XI Exhibition of theCouncil of Europe// Nationalmuseum STOCKHOLM 1966/448 D. Beck, Axel Oxenstierna, Stocholm, Ryttmaster Å. Pauli’. David Beck, a Dutch portrait painter, was active in Sweden in 1647-1651 as Queen Kristina’s court painter. The painting belonged to the Queen and she took it to Rome.