ALEXANDER ROSLIN (1718-1793) César Gabriel de Choiseul-Chevigny, Marquis de Choiseul (1763-66) Oil on canvas (130 x 100) National Museum, Stockholm, Sweden To enlarge the picture, click on it and open it in a new tab César Gabriel de Choiseul-Chevigny (1712-1785), Marquess of Choiseul and later duke of Praslin was a soldier and a statesman who …
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A Lady in Pink
ALEXANDER ROSLIN (1718-1793) Portrait of a lady in a pink dress (1755-1765) Oil on canvas (64 x 53) Private collection This portrait belongs to the first years of Roslin in France; this means the second half of the 1750s. We could say that this portrait symbolises the 18th century, particularly the period between 1750 and …
A Young Lady In Blue
ALEXANDER ROSLIN (1718-1793) Portrait of an unknown lady (1753) Oil on canvas (65 x 54 cm) National Museum, Stockholm, Sweden To enlarge the image, click on it and "Open in a new window" The identity of this pretty young lady is not known; according to the museum’s website, she is described as “An unknown lady, …
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