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Alexander Roslin 1718--93
Swedish painter and pastellist, active in Germany and France. He trained with Lars Ehrenbill (1697-1747), a draughtsman employed by the Admiralty in Malmö, and in Stockholm under Georg Engelhardt Schräder (1684-1750), a portrait painter working in the tradition of Hyacinthe Rigaud and Nicolas de Largillierre. In 1741 Roslin moved to Göteborg, but the following year he returned to Malmö, where he executed devotional works for the parish church of Hasslöv, Halland, and began establishing himself as a portrait painter.
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Painting ID:: 77858 Portrait of Johan Pasch, Surveyor to the Royal Household and artist
1756
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Painting ID:: 78026 Portrait of John Jennings Esq., his Brother and Sister-in-Law
1769(1769)
Oil on canvas
121 x 148 cm (47.6 x 58.3 in)
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Painting ID:: 78098 Portrait of Hedwig Elizabeth Charlotte of Holstein-Gottorp
1774
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Painting ID:: 78505 Portrait of Count N.I Panin
1777(1777)
Oil on canvas
128 x 102 cm (50.4 x 40.2 in)
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Painting ID:: 78683 Portrait of Grand Duchess Maria Fiodorovna
1777(1777)
Oil on canvas
265 x 178 cm (104.3 x 70.1 in)
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Alexander Roslin
1718--93
Swedish painter and pastellist, active in Germany and France. He trained with Lars Ehrenbill (1697-1747), a draughtsman employed by the Admiralty in Malmö, and in Stockholm under Georg Engelhardt Schräder (1684-1750), a portrait painter working in the tradition of Hyacinthe Rigaud and Nicolas de Largillierre. In 1741 Roslin moved to Göteborg, but the following year he returned to Malmö, where he executed devotional works for the parish church of Hasslöv, Halland, and began establishing himself as a portrait painter.
. Related Artists to Alexander Roslin: | Bartolomeo Passerotti | Moses, Grandma | Adam Frans van der Meulen | Samuel Kiss | Ernst Meisel |
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