David Klöcker Ehrenstrahl (1628 - 1698)

• Was a German-Swedish nobleman and painter.
• Born in Hamburg.
• He was the son of Johann Klöcker and had eight siblings.
• In 1648, Klöcker traveled to Amsterdam where he learned how to paint following the instructions from Juriaen Jacobsze.
• In 1652, he left his art studies in the Netherlands and moved to Skokloster Castle on Lake Mälaren, Sweden at the request of Swedish nobleman Carl Gustaf Wrangel.
• Between 1654 and 1661 he studied in Italy and visited the courts of both France and England.
• On his return he became entitled Court painter in 1661.
• He was raised to the nobility in 1674 at which time he took the surname Ehrenstråhl.
• He became court intendant in 1690.
• Among his pupils can be found Mikael Dahl and David von Krafft as well as his daughter Anna Maria Ehrenstrahl.
• Ehrenstrahl was married to Maria Momma in 1663.

• He was the father of artist Anna Maria Ehrenstrahl and the uncle of painter David von Krafft.

• He died in 1698 in Stockholm.

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