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
Portrait by Alexander Roslin, 1770
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)
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
Marie-Suzanne Giroust
…Vien. The teachings of Vien, in particular, affected her own art greatly. Giroust was active as an artist from the 1750s. She met the Swedish artist Alexander Roslin at Vien's studio in 1752. She wished to marry him, but was prevented by her guardian and family, who disliked Roslin because he was poor and a Protestant…
Self Portrait while Painting the King of Sweden (1785)
Double portrait of Roslin and his wife, 1767
Countess Françoise Marguerite de Grignan the daughter of Madame de Sévigné, 1753