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== Leonora Christina and other historical subjects ==
Zahrtmann had already become interested in the story of the heroic 17th century daughter of a Danish king, [[Leonora Christina Ulfeldt]] (also known as ''Eleanor Christine''), before the 1869 [[posthumous work|posthumous]] publication of her 1674 autobiographical narrative ''[[Jammers Minde]]'' ("Remembrance of Misery"), which he
Countess Leonora Christina of [[Province of Schleswig-Holstein|Schleswig-Holstein]], King [[Christian IV of Denmark|Christian IV]]'s daughter by his [[morganatic marriage|morganatic]] love marriage to a noble Danish maiden, had fallen from grace because of her husband [[Corfitz Ulfeldt (1606-1664)|Corfits Ulfeldt]]'s high treason. She was then imprisoned for 22 years in the Blue Tower (''[[Blåtårn]]'') in [[Christiansborg Palace#Copenhagen Castle|Copenhagen Castle]], and spent her final years in the solitude of the [[Maribo]] Cloister.
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