#compardel

Drawings made by the miniature painter Étienne Compardel after Jean Berain, probably 1694. Jean Berain received an order from Tessin in 1693 to make ornaments for a Swedish naval ship. The ship would actually be King Carl, but Berain wanted a ship name that was better suited for allegorical interpretations, and the ship was therefore called Segern. (However, no ship with this name was ever launched). Berain delivered the 1694 drawings, now available in the War Archives. Compardel was then commissioned to perform detailed beautiful colored drawings and the colors in blue and gold were adapted to the Swedish national armed forces.