Alexander Roslin
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Alexander Roslin was a Swedish painter who worked in Scania, Bayreuth, Paris, Italy, Warsaw and St. Petersburg, primarily for members of aristocratic families. He combined insightful psychological por
Self Portrait while Painting the King of Sweden (1785)
Double portrait of Roslin and his wife, 1767
A portrait of Roslin's wife, Marie Suzanne Giroust-Roslin, 1770
Countess Françoise Marguerite de Grignan the daughter of Madame de Sévigné, 1753
Marie-Suzanne Giroust
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Marie-Suzanne Giroust, known as Madame Roslin, was a French painter, miniaturist, and pastellist, known for her portraits. She was a member of the Académie royale de peinture et de sculpture. Only a s
Alexander Roslin
…1752. In the same year Roslin moved to Paris, at the age of 34, where he settled for the rest of his life. Here, in 1759, he married the pastel painter Marie-Suzanne Giroust (1734–1772). The couple had three sons and three daughters. In 1768 Roslin painted her dressed in Bolognese fashion, The Lady with the Veil, a portrait…
Marie-Suzanne Giroust-Roslin with her daughter. Miniature painting on ivory by Peter Adolf Hall 1770. Louvre Museum, Paris.
Marie-Suzanne Giroust Roslin by Alexander Roslin (La Dame au voile, 1768).
Self-Portrait with Her Teacher, Maurice Quentin de La Tour (ca. 1760)