(b Malm?, 15 July 1718; d Paris, 5 July 1793). Swedish painter and pastellist, active in Germany and France. He trained with Lars Ehrenbill (1697-1747), a draughtsman employed by the Admiralty in Malm?, and in Stockholm under Georg Engelhardt Schr?der (1684-1750), a portrait painter working in the tradition of Hyacinthe Rigaud and Nicolas de Largillierre. In 1741 Roslin moved to G?teborg, but the following year he returned to Malm?, where he executed devotional works for the parish church of Hassl?v, Halland, and began establishing himself as a portrait painter.
Part of the Roslin family
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