BENEDICT OXENSTERNA (Bengt Gabrielsson Oxenstierna or Benedict Oxenstjerna, 1623-1702), Swedish politician and diplomat; in 1655 (Swedish Deluge) administrator of lands in Poland conquered by Swedish troops; participant in the Oliva peace congress in 1660; Swedish representative in many European countries. Bust in oval; engraved. W.P. Kilian, taken from: E.G. Happel, Historia Moderna Europae [...], ed. by M. Wagner, Ulm 1692; copper b/w, fine condition, minimal soiling; plate dimensions 176x306 mm; BENEDICTUS, COMES DE OXENstern, Coronae Sueciae Praefectus Generalis in Turonia; [Portrait catalog does not note].
