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 Beautiful Sitter
ALEXANDER ROSLIN (1718-1793) Portrait of Marie-Suzanne Giroust, the painter´s wife (1763) Oil on canvas (56 x 46 cm) National Museum, Stockholm, Sweden To enlarge the picture, click on it and "Open in a new window" This beautiful and charming portrait of his wife is apparently the first one Roslin painted. It is dated 1763, which …
Old Masters 