Alexander Roslin
Self Portrait c 1785
Born	15 July 1718(1718-07-15) Malmö, Sweden
Died	5 July 1793 (aged 74) Paris, France
Nationality	Swedish
Field	Painting

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

Contents 1 Life 2 Works 3 Gallery 4 See also 5 External links

[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.	The Lady with the Veil (The Artist's Wife), 1768, dressed "á la Bolognaise"
Countess d’Egmont Pignatelli, 1763.	Gustavus III of Sweden, 1777.	François Boucher, 1760.	Portrait of Grand Duchess Maria Feodorovna at the age of 18, 1777.

[edit] See also

• List of Swedish artists

[edit] External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to: Alexander Roslin

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

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