3930866 Allegory of Queen Hedvig Eleonora as Minerva, 1654 (oil on canvas) by Ovens, Jurgen (1623-78); 105x78 cm; National Museum, Stockholm, Sweden; (add.info.: Princess Hedvig Eleonora of Holstein-Gottorp (1636-1715) became Queen of Sweden in 1654, when she married Karl X Gustav.The princess??? virtues, fertility and high birth are represented in allegorical form. She is being crowned by the goddess Minerva. Flowers, coins and jewels fall from the sky, where putti hold aloft the arms of Holstein-Gottorp. The portrait may have been a wedding gift to her husband. ).