41. Crispin van de Passe the elder
(1564/5-1637)

Christian IV, King of Denmark

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van de Passe: Christian IV

Christian IV, King of Denmark

Engraving, 1598, Hollstein 700, Franken 534 from Effigies Regum (18 portraits), 1598, 135 x 97 mm.. A fine impression on laid paper with large margins, binding nicks at the left edge of the sheet, far from the image. Christian IV (1577-1648) was king of Denmark and Norway, ruling under a regency from 1588 to 1596, and sovereign himself afterward. Christiana in Norway (later Oslo) was founded by and named after him (1624).