Original Item: One of a Kind. Here we have a magnificent framed Danish oil painting of Major Conrad Kauffmann, from King Christian’s 5th Hussars around the years 1680 -1690.

Kauffmann was born September 16th 1659 and died in the Danish protectorate Norway in 1720. This portrait measures 29 " x 25" framed and 22" x 22"unframed. There is unfortunately not much information out there on Major Kaufmann, making this a great research opportunity.

The painting comes in a lovely gilt frame with old label on reverse giving details, probably of where the painting was made, or where it was acquired from.

Christian V (15 April 1646 – 25 August 1699) was king of Denmark and Norway from 1670 until his death in 1699.

Well-regarded by the common people, he was the first king anointed at Frederiksborg Castle chapel as absolute monarch since the decree that institutionalized the supremacy of the king in Denmark-Norway. Christian fortified the absolutist system against the aristocracy by accelerating his father's practice of allowing both Holstein nobles and Danish and Norwegian commoners into state service.

As king, he wanted to show his power as absolute monarch through architecture, and dreamed of a Danish Versailles. He was the first to use the 1671 Throne Chair of Denmark, partly made for this purpose. His motto was: Pietate et Justitia (With piety and justice).