Alexander Roslin
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Alexander Roslin
(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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| Alexander Roslin | |
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 Self Portrait c 1785 |
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| Born | July 15, 1718 Malmö, Sweden |
| Died | July 5, 1793 (aged 74) Paris, France |
| Nationality | Swedish |
| Field | Painting |
Alexander Roslin (July 15, 1718 – July 5, 1793) was a Swedish portrait painter.
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Life
Roslin was born on July 15, 1718, in Malmö, Sweden. In 1759 he married Marie-Suzanne Giroust. He plied his trade in Stockholm, Bayreuth, Vienna, Paris and Italy. From 1750, he worked mainly in Paris.
He died in Paris on July 5, 1793.
Works
A number of portraits of Russian Imperial statesmen have been attributed to Roslin, including portraits of Ivan Betskoi and Ivan Shuvalov. He also painted some notable portraits of Polish and French aristocratic ladies. The vast majority of his paintings feature aristocrats and nobility in Europe.
Gallery
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Baroness de Neubourg-Cromière, 1756, Nationalmuseum, Stockholm
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Louis Philippe I, Duke of Orléans, Saluting His Army on the Battlefield, 1757, oil on canvas, The Detroit Institute of Arts
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Princess Izabela Czartoryska, née Fleming, 1774
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Ivan Betskoy, 1777
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The Lady with the Veil (The Artist's Wife), 1768, dressed "á la Bolognaise"
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Jeanne Sophie de Vignerot du Plessis, Countess d’Egmont Pignatelli, 1763
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Catherine the Great, 1776–1777
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Gustav III of Sweden, 1777
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François Boucher, 1760
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Portrait of Grand Duchess Maria Feodorovna at the age of 18, 1777
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