WROCLAW, PŁOCK, NYSA, OPOLE, RACIBÓRZ, PULTUSK, KAROL FERDINAND VASA (1613-1655). Bust in oval by B...

WROCLAW, PŁOCK, NYSA, OPOLE, RACIBÓRZ, PULTUSK, KAROL FERDINAND VASA (1613-1655). Bust in oval by B. Moncornet, 1654, signed by the author at the bottom; copper b.b., frame and glass, condition bdb.; plate dimensions 117x162 mm, dimensions with frame 245x296 mm; title at the bottom: Serenissimus ac Reuerendissimus Princeps CAROLVS D. G. Poloniae et Sueciae Princeps Episcopus Plocensis, et Vratislauiensis. Abbas Clarae Tumbae, Dux Opolniensis et Ratisboniensis; [Catalogue of portraits 2027].

Karol Ferdinand Vasa was a prince of Poland, bishop of Wrocław, bishop of Plock, prince of Nysa, prince of Opole and Racibórz, prince of Pultusk, abbot of Czerwinsk, Mogil and Tyniec. He was never ordained a priest. In 1648 he competed for the Polish throne. From 1651 he took care of the orphaned Michał Korybut Wiśniowiecki.