Riddarholmen Church, Soop Mausoleum — Dahlbergh

A detailed early eighteenth-century engraving capturing the Riddarholmen Church in Stockholm, featuring the grand mausoleum of Swedish Senator Gustaf Soop.

Original title: Conditorium Illustris. et Excellentiss. Baronis. ac Domini D. GUSTAVI SOOP S.R.M. Regniq. Sueciae Senatoris In Templo Riddarholmsensi. Engraved by Samuel Dahlbergh. From Suecia Antiqua et Hodierna. Published in Stockholm, c. 1700.

This print commemorates the burial of Gustaf Soop, a prominent Swedish senator, in Riddarholmen Church, the traditional burial place for Swedish monarchs and aristocracy. It exemplifies the detailed funerary architecture popular in the Baroque era and the role of the Suecia project in immortalising aristocratic patronage.

Copperplate engraving. Sheet size not measured. Good condition, with some age toning and minor wear consistent with age.