Stained Glass “The Delegation of Riga Greeting the Swedish King Gustav II Adolph on September 25, 1621”

  • Commissioner: the Samson-Himmelstierna family and other families
  • Drawing: painter Anton Dietrich (1933–1904)
  • Created: Mayer Königliche Bayerische Hofkunstanstalt in Munich in 1887
  • Material: Painted glass, lead
  • Size: 700 x 285 cm

Window depicts a greeting of the Swedish King Gustav II Adolf by Superintendent Hermann Samson (1579–1643), Riga Mayor Nicolaus Ecke (1441–1623), Town Council members Franz Nyenstädt (1540–1622) and Laurentius Zimmermann. The suite of the King includes Prince Karl Philipp (1601–1622), Field Marshal Johann Banér (1596–1641), Gustav Horn (1592–1657) and Lennart Torstenson (1603–1651).

Photo: U.Muzikants