David Klöcker Ehrenstrahl

David Klöcker Ehrenstrahl (23 September 1628 – 23 October 1698) was a Swedish nobleman and portrait painter.

He made portraits of, among others, King Charles XI of Sweden, Erik Dahlbergh, Georg Stiernhielm and Agneta Horn.

Among his pupils can be found Mikael Dahl and David von Krafft as well as his daughter Anna Maria Ehrenstrahl .

A second version was made during 1695 on the ceiling of Ehrenstrahlsalongen (the Ehrenstrahl parlour) at Drottningholm Palace, the home of the Swedish royal family.

He was the father of artist Anna Maria Ehrenstrahl (1666–1729) and the uncle of painter David von Krafft.

Crown of Immortality held by the Allegoric figure Eterna on the ceiling of the Swedish House of Knights
Ceiling of Ehrenstrahlsalongen at Drottningholm Palace . The highlighted portion became the motif for the 1000th postage stamp designed by Czesław Słania
Charles XI of Sweden ’s family with relatives from the duchy Holstein-Gottorp , 1691