Illustration by poul steffensen from the danish novel gjøngehøvdingen by carit etlar which takes place during and after the dano-swedish war in 1657-1658. Queen sophie amalie makes ib abelsøn a honest man as promised by waving an improvised banner over him. King frederik iii on the stairs and captain kai lykke on the horse looks at it. Queen sophie amalie (1628-1685), king frederik iii of denmark and norway (1609-1670) and kai lykke (1625-1699) were real persons but the story is fiction. Date: Original illustration from the 1890s, here reprint from 1909..
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