Alexander Roslin

Countess Mniszech, 1752

Alexander Roslin (July 15, 1718 – July 5, 1793) was a Swedish portrait painter.

[edit] 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.

[edit] 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.

[edit] Gallery

Baroness de Neubourg-Cromière, 1756, Nationalmuseum, Stockholm.

Princess Izabela Czartoryska, née Fleming, 1774.

Ivan Betskoy, 1777.

[edit] See also

• List of Swedish artists

[edit] External links

• Roslin at Web Gallery of Art
• Neil Jeffares, Dictionary of pastellists before 1800, online edition

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