Artist: Alexander Roslin (1718 - 1793)
Nationality: Swedish
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Media: Painting
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Biography:
Alexander Roslin was a Swedish portraitist who worked mainly in France. He left Sweden in 1745 and first worked as the Bayreuth courts from 1745 to 1747. He worked in Parma form 1751 to 1752 before settling in Paris. He became a successful portrait painter. In the 1770’s, he traveled to Moscow, St. Petersburg, Vienna, and Warsaw.

Artworks in Museum Collections: (60)
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Alexandre Roslin Charles-Antoine de la Roche-Aymon, Archbishop of Reims oil on canvas circa 1769
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Portrait de Madame Teinière (2e moitié 18e siècle) by PERIN-SALBREUX Lié Louis
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JEUNE FILLE S'APPRETANT A ORNER LA STATUE DE L'AMOUR D'UNE GUIRLANDE DE FLEURS ; traditionnellement considéré comme LE PORTRAIT DE LA FILLE AINEE DE L'ARTISTE (1783) by ROSLIN Alexandre
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CHARLES-NICOLAS COCHIN (1715-1790) (1774) by ROSLIN Alexandre
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JOSEPH-MARIE VIEN (1716-1809) (1757) by ROSLIN Alexandre
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HENRI-LEONARD-JEAN-BAPTISTE BERTIN (1719-1792) (1768) by ROSLIN Alexandre
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FRANCOIS BOUCHER, PREMIER PEINTRE DU ROI (1704-1770) (1760) by ROSLIN Alexandre
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JOSEPH-MARIE TERRAY (1715-1778) (4e quart 18e siècle) by ROSLIN Alexandre
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James Duffield Harding Roslin Castle lithograph 18th - 19th century
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Portrait de Madame Roslin, née Suzanne Giroust, avec sa fille enfant (2e moitié 18e siècle) by HALL Per Adolf
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Portrait de Louis-Joseph, dauphin de France (1776 vers) by RIBOU Jean Marie ; ROSLIN Marie Suzanne (d'après), GIROUST Marie Suzanne (née, d'après)
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Portrait de Louis dauphin de France, fils de Louis XV (1819 en) by JAQUOTOT Marie Victoire ; ROSLIN Alexandre (inspiré par)
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Cosmo Alexander - Alexander Grant 1770 oil on canvas The Art Institute of Chicago
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Portrait de Hyacinthe Collin de Vermont (3e quart 18e siècle) by CARMONA Manuel Salvador (graveur) ; ROSLIN Alexandre (peintre, d'après)
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Jacques Dumont, dit Dumont le Romain, peintre (1701-1781) (1810) by ROSLIN Marie Suzanne ; GIROUST Marie Suzanne (née)
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CESAR-GABRIEL DE CHOISEUL, DUC DE PRASLIN (1712-1785) (1763) by ROSLIN Alexandre
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Portrait du peintre Alexandre Roslin (1718-1793) (2e moitié 18e siècle) by HALL Per Adolf
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Alexander Calder Lollipops Color lithograph 1976
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Alexander Calder Papillon Color lithograph 1975
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Alexander Calder Flying Colors Color lithograph 1976
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PORTRAIT DU DUC DE CHOISEUL, MINISTRE DES AFFAIRES ETRANGERE (1785 avant) by ROSLIN Alexandre
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John White Alexander - Portrait of Mrs. John White Alexander 1902 oil on canvas Los Angeles County Museum of Art American
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CESAR-GABRIEL DE CHOISEUL, DUC DE PRASLIN (1712-1785) (2e moitié 18e siècle) by anonyme ; ROSLIN Alexandre (d'après)
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JEANNE-SOPHIE-ELISABETH-LOUISE-SEPTIMANIE DU PLESSIS-RICHELIEU, COMTESSE D'EGMONT-PIGNATELLI (1740-1773) (1840) by ALBRIER Joseph ; ROSLIN Alexandre (d'après)
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LOUIS DE FRANCE, DAUPHIN (1729-1765) (milieu 18e siècle) by ROSLIN Alexandre
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Bernardo Rosselli - The Triumph of Alexander c. 1485 tempera and gilding Los Angeles County Museum of Art Italian
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Edgar Degas - Alexander and Bucephalus 1861-1862 oil on canvas National Gallery of Art French
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George Romney - Mrs. Alexander Blair 1787-1789 oil on canvas National Gallery of Art British
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John Trumbull - Alexander Hamilton c. 1792 oil on canvas National Gallery of Art American
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John Trumbull - Alexander Hamilton c. 1806 oil on canvas National Gallery of Art American
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HYACINTHE COLLIN DE VERMONT (1693-1761) (3e quart 18e siècle) by ROSLIN Alexandre
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Anonymous Portrait of Alexander von Fielitz, composer photograph 1913
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Portrait d'homme portant une perruque et un habit carmin (2e moitié 18e siècle) by ROSLIN Alexandre (attribué à)
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Alexander Calder Homage to Calder ([New York: Tudor, 1972]) book with color lithograph 1972
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Portrait of Mrs. John White Alexander, John White Alexander (United States, Pennsylvania, Allegheny City, 1856 - 1915) , 1902, Oil on canvas
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MADAME VIEN NEE MARIE THERESE REBOUL (1728-1805) (3e quart 18e siècle) by ROSLIN Alexandre
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MICHEL-FRANCOIS DANDRE BARDON (1700-1783) (3e quart 18e siècle) by ROSLIN Alexandre
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Vincent Van Gogh - Portrait of Alexander Reid c. 1887 oil on canvas Fred Jones Jr. Museum of Art at The University of Oklahoma Dutch
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ETIENNE JEAURAT (1699-1789) (1753) by ROSLIN Alexandre
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Mary Cassatt - Alexander J. Cassatt c. 1880 oil on canvas The Detroit Institute of Art American
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James McNeill Whistler - Alexander Arnold Hannay c. 1896 oil on wood National Gallery of Art American
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Charles-Andre Van Loo - The Victory of Alexander of Porus c. 1738 oil on canvas Los Angeles County Museum of Art French
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Henry Raeburn - Mrs. Alexander Campbell of Possil 18-19th century oil on canvas The Detroit Institute of Art Scottish
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Jean Audran From the Battles of Alexander the Great: Alexander attacking Perseus engraving etching 17th - 18th century
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Alexander Calder untitled plate at p. 29 in the book Homage to Calder ([New York: Tudor, 1972]) color lithograph 1972
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Robert Feke - Captain Alexander Graydon c. 1746 oil on canvas National Gallery of Art American
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Sir Henry Raeburn - Portrait of Alexander Home c. 1810 oil on canvas Brooks Museum Scottish
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CESAR-GABRIEL DE CHOISEUL, DUC DE PRASLIN (3e quart 18e siècle) by anonyme ; ROSLIN Alexandre (d'après)
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Alexander Calder Composition, p. 61, from the book Prints from the Mourlot Press Color lithograph on Arches paper 1964
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ABEL-FRANCOIS POISSON, MARQUIS DE MARIGNY, DIRECTEUR GENERAL DES BATIMENTS (1727-1781) (1765 vers) by ROSLIN Alexandre
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William Hamilton - Alexander Masterton and His Wife and Children 1834 oil on canvas Los Angeles County Museum of Art American
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Donato Creti - Alexander the Great Threatened by His Father 1700-1705 oil on canvas National Gallery of Art Italian
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Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo - Alexander the Great with the Women of Darius 1750-53 oil on canvas The Detroit Institute of Art Italian
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Dubrowskij / Alexander Puschkin : [Deutsch von Alexander Eliasberg, Rudolf Schlichter (Germany, Calw, 1890 - 1955) , circa 1923-1904, Printed material
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Joesph Blackburn - Abigail Chesebrough (Mrs. Alexander Grant) 1754 oil on canvas The Art Institute of Chicago American
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Frederic Porter Vinton, American, 1846-1911 Alexander Moseley 1880"s Oil on canvas 133.03 x 107 cm
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Alexander Archipenko : Retrospektive Ausstellung : Zeichnungen, Aquarelle, Bildhauerwerke, Sculpto-Peinture, Alexander Archipenko (Ukraine, Kiev, 1887 - 1964) , 1921, Printed material
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Louis-Joseph dauphin de France (1729-1765), fils de Louis XV et père de Louis XVI (1765 avant) by HENNECART Jehan ; ROSLIN Alexandre (d'après)
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Imogen Cunningham, Jesse Alexander (United States, born 1929) , circa 1975, Gelatin-silver print
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Marion Post Wolcott, Jesse Alexander (United States, born 1929) , 1975, Gelatin-silver print

Artnews Articles and Exhibition Information: (2)
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Haus der Kunst: War and Peace: A German Tsarina in Pavlovsk Palace
This German princess, subsequently Grand Duchess, Tsarina and widow of the Tsar, devoted forty years of her life to constructing and designing the palace and the park grounds. With all her energy, with her great artistic talent, her knowledge of b...
Changing Room: Wendy McMurdo: photography and digital media
Wendy McMurdo's images hover between fact and fiction, representing moments of play or reverie where children are isolated from the adult world. McMurdo combines traditional photography and digital technology to create a deliberately Œout of sorts...

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