One of a series of 22 portraits of Polish kings commissioned for the Marble Room at the Royal Castle in Warsaw. The painting is listed in the 1795 catalogue of the Stanisław August collection under no. 1172. Sigismund (1566–1632) of the Vasa dynasty, King of Poland and Grand Duke of Lithuania (reg. 1587–1632) as Zygmunt III. King of Sweden (reg. 1592–8), as Sigismund I. Inscribed on the back: SIGISMUNDUS III./ Sueciae REX Haereditarius/ Joannis Sueciae Regis, et/ Catharinae Sigismundi Primi-/ Regis Poloniae Filiae Fillius,/ Natus 20. Junij. Ao. 1566./ Electus in Regem Poloniae,/ d: 19. Augus: Coronat[us], d: 27./ X-bris Ao. 1587. Obijt Varsa=/viae: d: 30. April: Ao 1632./ AEtatis suae 66. Regni 45/ Nro 16. The marble plaque beneath the painting is inscribed: SIGISMUNDUS III/ + MDCXXXII.