The Royal Danish CollectionRosenborgCastle historyInterior and objects2: Christian IV's Writing RoomQueen Sophie, c. 1610

Queen Sophie, c. 1610

Portrait of Frederik II’s widow, the Dowager Queen Sophie. Detail of a full-length portrait painted by Pieter Isaacsz, c. 1610-1615.

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Bust of Frederik II

Bronze bust of Frederik II, by J.G. van der Schardt, 1578-1579. Bought by Frederik VI during the Congress of Vienna, 1815.

Bust of Sophie

Bronze bust of Frederik II’s consort Queen Sophie, by J.G. van der Schardt, 1578-1579. Bought by Frederik VI during the Congress of Vienna, 1815.

Queen Sophie, ca. 1572

Queen Sophie, wife of Frederik II. Painted by Hans Knieper, probably six years after the couple's marriage in 1572.

Pieter Isaacsz

The dutch painter Pieter Isaacsz grew up in Elsinore but returned as a young man to the Low Countries. In Amsterdam he became an apprentice of Cornelius Ketel and served with Hans von Achen.

Sophie

Sophie became Queen of Denmark when she was married to Frederik II in 1572. She was the daughter of Duke Ulrich of Mecklenburg and the mother of Christian IV.

1600-1625

The first decades of the 17th century was a great period for the entrepreneurial and ambitious Christian IV. An economic depression was on its way, but its full force had not yet been felt.