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Gustav Vasa

Rydboholm Castle 1496 - Stockholm 1560
King of Sweden from 1523 until his death.
(Wikipedia)

Carl Gustaf Qvarnström
Ferdinand von Miller (München)
1864

Description

Bronze bust.

Inscription(s)

till minne
af
d. 24 junii
1527

Signature

(unreadable)
ferd. v. miller fudit / ... 1863?

Annotation

The inscription in the pedestal is in translation: "In memory of June 24th, 1527".- On this day the so called reformation-riksdag was held in Västerås, where Gustav Vasa claimed some possessions of the church, which was the starting point of a veritable plundering of the churches and as well the beginning of the breaking up with catholicism.

Sculptor

Carl Gustaf Qvarnström, (Stockholm 1810 - id. 1867), Swedish sculptor (Wikipedia).

Sources & Information

Konst i Västerås, västeråsportalens favoriter.
Galleri Venus, Gustav Vasa.

Locatie (N 59°36'26" - E 16°32'54") (Satellite view: Google Maps)

Item Code: se037; Photograph: 21 July 2009
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