Portræt af Frederik V i rustning

The portrait of Frederik V in armor was painted in 1759 by Carl Gustaf Pilo, as indicated by the work’s date and authorship recorded in both institutional documentation and the painting’s catalog entry.

The work entered the collection of Statens Museum for Kunst, Copenhagen, where it remains today. The museum’s records list the portrait as part of its holdings, specifying its dimensions as 144.0 cm in height and 114.5 cm in width.

The work is held by Statens Museum for Kunst, Copenhagen, where it remains in the national collection. It is inventoried as KMS3880.

It has been exhibited at Statens Museum for Kunst, most recently in the 2022 presentation "Danish Masterpieces from the Collection."

The portrait of Frederick V in armor by Carl Gustaf Pilo, painted in 1759, exemplifies the Rococo style while anticipating neoclassical formal clarity through its structured composition and regal subject. Contemporary scholarship highlights its significance as a state-commissioned image that reinforced monarchical authority in 18th-century Denmark, situating Pilo as a pivotal figure bridging late Baroque and emerging Enlightenment aesthetics. The work's presence in the Statens Museum for Kunst collection underscores its recognized historical and artistic value within Danish cultural heritage.

Created in 1759, this oil-on-canvas portrait presents Frederick V of Denmark clad in full armor. The work exemplifies the formal, courtly portraiture typical of mid‑eighteenth‑century Denmark, emphasizing the monarch’s status through elaborate dress and composed pose. It is part of the collection of the Statens Museum for Kunst.