”Bataille-Scene, vid Kirkholm, den 27 sept. 1604”
Signed H. Mörner and dated 1837 on the drum lower right. Canvas mounted on panel 61 x 82 cm.
The collection of Queen Dowager Josephine (1807-1876), inv no 417. Sold at auction at Hotel Rydberg, Stockholm, on 14 December 1881.
Nordén Auctions, Stockholm, auction 20, 30 Nov 1995, cat no 142.
Kungl. Akademien för de fria konsterna, Stockholm, 1838, no 69.
Emil Hultmark, "Kungl. Akademin för de fria konsterna utställningar 1794-1887", 1935, p. 204.
In the battle of Kirkholm during the second Polish war on 17 September 1605, Captain Henrik Wrede leaves his horse to Charles IX, whose horse has fallen, thus saving the king's life at the cost of his own.