Lisa Skogh – författare

As queen consort and dowager, Hedwig Eleonora (1636–1715) held a unique position in Sweden for more than half a century. As the dominant collector and patron of art and architecture in the realm, she left a strong mark on Swedish court culture. Her dynastic network among the Northern European courts was extensive, and this helped to make Sweden a major cultural center in Northern Europe in the later seventeenth century. This book represents the first major scholarly publication on the full range of Hedwig Eleonora’s endeavours, from the financing of her court to her place within a larger princely network, to her engagements with various cultural pursuits, to her public image. As the contributors show, despite her high profile, political position, and conspicuous patronage, Hedwig Eleonora experienced little of the animosity directed at many other foreign queens and regents, such as the Medici in France and Henrietta Maria in England. In this way, she provides a model for a different and more successful way of negotiating the difficulties of joining a foreign court; the analysis of her circumstances thus adds a substantial dimension to the study of early modern queenship. Presenting much new scholarship, this volume highlights one extremely significant early modern woman and her imprint on Northern European history, and fosters international awareness of the importance of early modern Scandinavia for European cultural history.

As queen consort and dowager, Hedwig Eleonora (1636–1715) held a unique position in Sweden for more than half a century. As the dominant collector and patron of art and architecture in the realm, she left a strong mark on Swedish court culture. Her dynastic network among the Northern European courts was extensive, and this helped to make Sweden a major cultural center in Northern Europe in the later seventeenth century. This book represents the first major scholarly publication on the full range of Hedwig Eleonora’s endeavours, from the financing of her court to her place within a larger princely network, to her engagements with various cultural pursuits, to her public image. As the contributors show, despite her high profile, political position, and conspicuous patronage, Hedwig Eleonora experienced little of the animosity directed at many other foreign queens and regents, such as the Medici in France and Henrietta Maria in England. In this way, she provides a model for a different and more successful way of negotiating the difficulties of joining a foreign court; the analysis of her circumstances thus adds a substantial dimension to the study of early modern queenship. Presenting much new scholarship, this volume highlights one extremely significant early modern woman and her imprint on Northern European history, and fosters international awareness of the importance of early modern Scandinavia for European cultural history.

Svenskt silver 1500-1850 är den första delen av Nationalmuseums nya beståndskatalogserie: Nationalmuseums katalog över konsthantverk och design nr 1. Museets omfattande silversamling kommer att fördelas på tre volymer: Svenskt silver 1500-1850, Europeiskt silver 1500-1850 och Svenskt och europeiskt silver 1850-2008. Katalogerna har föregåtts av en genomgripande inventering och katalogisering, konservatorsåtgärder och fotografering av samtliga silverföremål. Här presenteras forskning kring föremålens identifiering, proveniens, utställningshistorik och bibliografiska referenser samt tidigare opublicerad information om det numismatiska material som i vissa fall pryder silverföremålen. Katalogerna inleds med introducerande essäer där föremålen placeras in i ett konstvetenskapligt och museologiskt sammanhang. Volymerna kommer sammantaget att illustreras med ett omfattande antal nytagna fotografier; helfigursbilder, detaljer och stämplar. Boken valdes i november 2009 ut av Svensk Bokkonst som ett exempel på god svensk bokproduktion.