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Portrait of Abel-François Poisson (1727-1781), Marquis de Marigny, three-quarter-length, in a red suit
Auction: 02/12/2026
Lot: 228
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Alexander Roslin AUCTION RECORDS
1718 Malmo, Sweden - 1793 Paris, France. Known for: Portrait painting.
Born in Malmo, Sweden, Roslin came to Stockholm in 1736 as a student of the court painter Georg Engelhard Schröder. In the early 1740s, he returned to Scania and painted portraits of the Skåne... Read full biography
Born in Malmo, Sweden, Roslin came to Stockholm in 1736 as a student of the court painter Georg Engelhard Schröder. In the early 1740s, he returned to Scania and painted portraits of the Skåne nobility. One of them, Count Nils Julius Lewenhaupt, opened the way to international success for the young... Read full biography
Born in Malmo, Sweden, Roslin came to Stockholm in 1736 as a student of the court painter Georg Engelhard Schröder. In the early 1740s, he returned to Scania and painted portraits of the Skåne nobility. One of them, Count Nils Julius Lewenhaupt, opened the way to international success for the young artist in 1744 by arranging so that he became known as a painter to the Margrave of Bayreuth court. Roslin's paintings from the early period in the south of Sweden do not testify to any exceptional... Read full biography
Born in Malmo, Sweden, Roslin came to Stockholm in 1736 as a student of the court painter Georg Engelhard Schröder. In the early 1740s, he returned to Scania and painted portraits of the Skåne nobility. One of them, Count Nils Julius Lewenhaupt, opened the way to international success for the young artist in 1744 by arranging so that he became known as a painter to the Margrave of Bayreuth court. Roslin's paintings from the early period in the south of Sweden do not testify to any exceptional talent, they are professional and powerfully designed, but the influence of the teacher Schröder makes itself felt by a certain conventional stiffness. But then he came abroad, broke out of its shell, drank fresh impressions and quickly developed into... Read full biography
Born in Malmo, Sweden, Roslin came to Stockholm in 1736 as a student of the court painter Georg Engelhard Schröder. In the early 1740s, he returned to Scania and painted portraits of the Skåne nobility. One of them, Count Nils Julius Lewenhaupt, opened the way to international success for the young artist in 1744 by arranging so that he became known as a painter to the Margrave of Bayreuth court. Roslin's paintings from the early period in the south of Sweden do not testify to any exceptional talent, they are professional and powerfully designed, but the influence of the teacher Schröder makes itself felt by a certain conventional stiffness. But then he came abroad, broke out of its shell, drank fresh impressions and quickly developed into a portrait painter of the highest importance. Paris was in the 1700s art indisputable center, the hub around which Europe's artis... Read full biography
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Alexander Roslin 
Art images copyright© of artist or assigneePORTRAITS OF LOUIS AND OF MARGUERITE DE CONZIÉ (1697-1763 AND 1721-1786)(2)
Alexander Roslin Auction: 12/03/2020Lot: 89Subscribe or get free alerts
Art images copyright© of artist or assigneePortrait of King Christian VII of Denmark, half-length, in coronation robes and holding a crown and sceptre
Alexander Roslin Auction: 12/08/2009Lot: 32Subscribe or get free alerts
Art images copyright© of artist or assigneePortrait of the architect Jean-Rodolphe Perronet and his wife, seated at a table with architectural models, a sketch
Alexander Roslin Auction: 02/12/2026Lot: 231Subscribe or get free alerts
Art images copyright© of artist or assigneePortrait of Comtesse de Bonneval, née Biron, dressed "à la sultane"
Alexander Roslin Auction: 05/28/2008 - 5/30/2008Lot: 2353Subscribe or get free alerts
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