Alexander Roslin

Posted Jun 24, 2007 at 20:37 CEST in Artists, Fashion, Paintings, and People.

Swedish portrait painter Alexander Roslin on Wikipedia, and on Swedish Wikipedia for slightly more information (in Swedish).

More paintings after the cut.

Edit: updated this post with more paintings and better quality pictures.

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The artist Anne Vallayer-Coster, 1783.

The Marquise de Becdelièvre, 1780.

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Archduchess Maria Amalia, Duchess of Parma.

Grand Duchess Natalia Alexeyevna, 1776-1776.

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Woman with a veil, 1768. Roslin’s most famous painting. The lady is Marie Suzanne Giroust, the painter’s wife. She’s dressed “a la boulognaise”.

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Gustav III of Sweden, 1777.

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Gustav III, 1775.

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Princess Hedvig Elisabeth Charlotta, 1774. Later the queen of Sweden.

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Augustine Suzanne Roslin, 1781.

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Henriette Begouen, 1790.

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The Martineau family. (Picture nicked from http://nehelenia.de.)

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Unknown girl believed by some to be the princesse de Lamballe.

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Baroness de Neubourg-Cromière, 1756.

Maria Feodorovna, 1777.

15 comments on “Alexander Roslin”

zimnaya, zimnaya.myopenid.com

Could anyone tell me where the painting by Alexander Roslin that is supposed to Madame de Lamballe is to be found - i.e. which museum? I’d be so grateful.
Jules

Sep 11, 2007 at 22:30 CEST

I found the painting in a book about Roslin and it probably said in the book where you can find the painting, but it was a library book so I cant check it right now. If I find the book again I’ll let you know :) I would guess it’s somewhere in Sweden though.

Oct 8, 2007 at 19:43 CEST

zimnaya, zimnaya.myopenid.com

Thank you so much, Johanna!
I love Roslin and am astonished that so little of his work is available on the web. Although I live in Hong Kong I am seriously thinking of going to Stockholm just to see the Roslin exhibition. It is amazing that so much is available on Mme Vigee-Lebrun (whose work is a somewhat saccharine, and whose paintings are often second rate) when a master portraitist such as Roslin deserves to be so much better known. Jules

Oct 8, 2007 at 19:46 CEST

Johanna, johannaost.com

You are welcome! Roslin really is one of the best 18th century artists.

May 5, 2008 at 03:33 CEST

William Locke

I have an oil painting entitled “Stranded” and it is supposedly by an artist named Roslin. Could you tell me if Alexander Roslin may have been the Rosllin who painted?

Thank you,
William Locke

May 7, 2008 at 21:09 CEST

Johanna, johannaost.com

It seems highly unlikely that an original Roslin painting would go undiscovered like that, him being such a very famous artist, but you should ask an 18th century art specialist and not me :)

Nov 15, 2008 at 14:21 CET

M P Martineau

Who is The Martineau Family in the painting on this web site, and are they from Paris 1780’s?
This may be some of my ancestors, on e of them was a Barron..

Michael Martineau

Nov 15, 2008 at 17:09 CET

Johanna, johannaost.com

I’m afraid i don’t know anything more about them, but they are most probably french and very likely Parisian since Roslin worked in Paris, and the painting is definitely in a 1780s style.

May 10, 2009 at 05:17 CEST

Kelli Christine

Hello,

I absolutely adore your web page! Do you have a myspace page, an
e-mail address where I can write to you?

I hope you’re having a nice weekend!

Best wishes,

Kelli Christine

May 10, 2009 at 10:53 CEST

Johanna, johannaost.com

Thank you! :) My e-mail is johanna@johannaost.com. (You can also find it at the very bottom of this page)

Nov 3, 2009 at 14:55 CET

Jacko

hermosos retratos!!

Dec 18, 2009 at 15:53 CET

Yanut

Very beautiful Paintings !
Thanks God for the beautiful Paintings…

Feb 21, 2011 at 05:48 CET

Jenny1432

I have 3 Cameo Creations does anyone know what they are worth ?? or where I can find out.

Thanks,
Jenny1432

Feb 21, 2011 at 10:06 CET

Johanna, johannaost.com

Jenny: I researched the cameo creations a while ago since someone else asked the same thing. Apparently they’re not really worth anything but there are some collectors who like to buy them at flea markets and such. If you do an ebay search you see the prices are very low and pretty much none of the auctions have any bidders: http://shop.ebay.com/i.html?_nkw=cameo+creations&…=