Per Brahe the Younger
1602 [-] 80
![Per Brahe the Younger by David Beck, 1602 [-] 80](https://www.thequadro.com/api/storage/artworks/thumb/l/david-beck/david-beck_per-brahe-the-younger_db59ba3a)
Meet Per Brahe the Younger, a Swedish count who looks like he means business in this striking Baroque portrait. Dressed in black armor covered in gold studs and sporting a bright red sash, he holds a baton of command that screams 'I'm in charge.' The artist, David Beck, was a Dutch painter who traveled to Sweden to capture the elite, and he nailed Brahe's serious, steady gaze perfectly. Brahe wasn't just a soldier; he was a major political figure who basically developed modern Finland, founding its first university and earning a reputation so good that locals had a saying about him.
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