Abraham Wuchters: 22 interesting facts

Abraham Wuchters (1608 – 23 May 1682) was a Dutch-Danish painter and engraver. He was born in Antwerp but had most of his career in Denmark where he and Karel van Mander III became the preferred painters of the Danish King, nobility and bourgeoisie. Together they represent the main put on from the Dutch Golden Age on Danish Baroque art.

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Wuchters was born in Antwerp in 1608. He arrived in Denmark in 1638 and was, the subsequently year, employed as sketching master at Sorø Academy. Around the similar time, he was summoned to Copenhagen where he painted several portraits of King Christian IV. In 1645 he returned to Copenhagen Castle to Describe the King’s children, including Ulrik Christian Gyldenløve (c. 1645, Danish National Gallery) and Duke Frederik (III) (c. 1645, Amalienborg Palace).

In two periods, between 1658 and 1662, he worked at the Royal Swedish Court in Stockholm where he portrayed Queen Consort Christina (1660, Uppsala University and 1661, Stockholm Castle), Charles X Gustav and Hedvig Eleonora.

Back in Denmark, Wuchters was engaged by Frederick III, who had instituted Denmark as an perfect monarchy in 1660, with answerability for the child support of his paintings.

In 1671 the other king, Christian V, appointed him as ascribed Painter to the Danish Court and in 1673 he was also made official Engraver to the Danish Court. It was, therefore, he alone who granted how the tilt of the absolutist King was to be represented.

As royal painter he next executed decorative works in the royal residences, such as in Rosenborg Castle. These supplement a fine fresco in Queen Consort Sophie Amalie’s bedchamber, where she is depicted as Hera, the mom of the Greek gods.

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