Alexander Roslin, the Glossary

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1. 66 relations: Académie royale de peinture et de sculpture, Anne Vallayer-Coster, Apprenticeship, Aristocracy, Élisabeth Vigée Le Brun, Bayreuth, Bologna, Bukowskis, Carl Fredrik Adelcrantz, Carl Fredrik Scheffer, Carl Gustaf Tessin, Carl Linnaeus, Catherine the Great, Christian VII of Denmark, Christina, Queen of Sweden, Classics, Dauphin of France, Denis Diderot, Flora (mythology), François Boucher, Françoise-Marguerite de Sévigné, Frederick, Margrave of Brandenburg-Bayreuth, French nobility, French Revolution, Georg Engelhard Schröder, Gothenburg, Gustav III, Hasslöv, Hebe (mythology), Hyacinthe Collin de Vermont, Hyacinthe Rigaud, Ivan Betskoy, Ivan Shuvalov, Jean-Baptiste Dumangin, Jean-Baptiste Greuze, Jean-François Marmontel, Jean-Marc Nattier, King Gustav III of Sweden and His Brothers, List of Swedish artists, Louis Alexandre de La Rochefoucauld, 6th Duke of La Rochefoucauld, Louis, Dauphin of France (1729–1765), Louvre Palace, Malmö, Maria Amalia, Duchess of Parma, Marie de Rabutin-Chantal, marquise de Sévigné, Marie-Suzanne Giroust, Metropolitan Museum of Art, Minneapolis Institute of Art, Mniszech family, Nationalmuseum, ... Expand index (16 more) »

Académie royale de peinture et de sculpture

The Académie royale de peinture et de sculpture ("Royal Academy of Painting and Sculpture") was founded in 1648 in Paris, France.

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Anne Vallayer-Coster

Anne Vallayer-Coster (21 December 1744 – 28 February 1818) was a major 18th-century French painter best known for still lifes. Alexander Roslin and Anne Vallayer-Coster are 18th-century French painters and French portrait painters.

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Apprenticeship

Apprenticeship is a system for training a new generation of practitioners of a trade or profession with on-the-job training and often some accompanying study (classroom work and reading).

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Aristocracy

Aristocracy is a form of government that places power in the hands of a small, privileged ruling class, the aristocrats.

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Élisabeth Vigée Le Brun

Élisabeth Louise Vigée Le Brun (16 April 1755 – 30 March 1842), also known as Louise Élisabeth Vigée Le Brun or simply as Madame Le Brun, was a French painter who mostly specialized in portrait painting, in the late 18th and early 19th centuries. Alexander Roslin and Élisabeth Vigée Le Brun are 18th-century French painters, French portrait painters and Rococo painters.

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Bayreuth

Bayreuth (Bareid) is a town in northern Bavaria, Germany, on the Red Main river in a valley between the Franconian Jura and the Fichtel Mountains.

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Bologna

Bologna (Bulåggna; Bononia) is the capital and largest city of the Emilia-Romagna region, in northern Italy.

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Bukowskis

Bukowskis is a Scandinavian fine art and antique auction house established in 1870 by the Polish nobleman Henryk Bukowski in Stockholm, Sweden.

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Carl Fredrik Adelcrantz

Carl Fredrik Adelcrantz (30 January 1716 – 1 March 1796) was a Swedish architect and civil servant. Alexander Roslin and Carl Fredrik Adelcrantz are age of Liberty people.

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Carl Fredrik Scheffer

Carl Fredrik Scheffer (28 April 1715 – 27 August 1786) was a Swedish count, diplomat, privy counsellor, politician and writer.

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Carl Gustaf Tessin

Count Carl Gustaf Tessin (5 September 1695 – 7 January 1770) was a Swedish Count and politician and son of architect Nicodemus Tessin the Younger and Hedvig Eleonora Stenbock. Alexander Roslin and Carl Gustaf Tessin are age of Liberty people.

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Carl Linnaeus

Carl Linnaeus (23 May 1707 – 10 January 1778), also known after ennoblement in 1761 as Carl von Linné,Blunt (2004), p. 171. Alexander Roslin and Carl Linnaeus are age of Liberty people.

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Catherine the Great

Catherine II (born Princess Sophie Augusta Frederica von Anhalt-Zerbst; 2 May 172917 November 1796), most commonly known as Catherine the Great, was the reigning empress of Russia from 1762 to 1796.

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Christian VII of Denmark

Christian VII (29 January 1749 – 13 March 1808) was King of Denmark and Norway and Duke of Schleswig and Holstein from 1766 until his death in 1808.

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Christina, Queen of Sweden

Christina (Kristina; 18 December 1626 – 19 April 1689) was a member of the House of Vasa and the Queen of Sweden in her own right from 1632 until her abdication in 1654.

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Classics

Classics or classical studies is the study of classical antiquity.

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Dauphin of France

Dauphin of France (also; Dauphin de France), originally Dauphin of Viennois (Dauphin de Viennois), was the title given to the heir apparent to the throne of France from 1350 to 1791, and from 1824 to 1830.

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Denis Diderot

Denis Diderot (5 October 171331 July 1784) was a French philosopher, art critic, and writer, best known for serving as co-founder, chief editor, and contributor to the Encyclopédie along with Jean le Rond d'Alembert.

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Flora (mythology)

Flora (Flōra) is a Roman goddess of flowers and spring.

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François Boucher

François Boucher (29 September 1703 – 30 May 1770) was a French painter, draughtsman and etcher, who worked in the Rococo style. Alexander Roslin and François Boucher are 18th-century French male artists, 18th-century French painters and Rococo painters.

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Françoise-Marguerite de Sévigné

Françoise-Marguerite de Sévigné, comtesse de Grignan (10 October 1646 – 13 August 1705), was a French aristocrat, remembered for the letters that her mother, Madame de Sévigné, wrote to her.

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Frederick, Margrave of Brandenburg-Bayreuth

Frederick (Friedrich) Margrave of Brandenburg-Bayreuth (May 10, 1711 in Weferlingen – February 26, 1763 in Bayreuth), was a member of the House of Hohenzollern and Margrave of Brandenburg-Bayreuth.

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French nobility

The French nobility (la noblesse française) was an aristocratic social class in France from the Middle Ages until its abolition on 23 June 1790 during the French Revolution.

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French Revolution

The French Revolution was a period of political and societal change in France that began with the Estates General of 1789, and ended with the coup of 18 Brumaire in November 1799 and the formation of the French Consulate.

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Georg Engelhard Schröder

Georg Engelhard Schröder (31 May 1684 – 17 May 1750), also spelled George Engelhardt Schroeder, was a Swedish painter. Alexander Roslin and Georg Engelhard Schröder are 18th-century Swedish painters and Swedish male painters.

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Gothenburg

Gothenburg (abbreviated Gbg; Göteborg) is the capital of Västra Götaland County in Sweden.

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Gustav III

Gustav III (29 March 1792), also called Gustavus III, was King of Sweden from 1771 until his assassination in 1792.

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Hasslöv

Hasslöv is a locality situated in Laholm Municipality, Halland County, Sweden with 228 inhabitants in 2010.

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Hebe (mythology)

Hebe (youth), in ancient Greek religion and mythology, often given the epithet Ganymeda (meaning "Gladdening Princess"), is the goddess of youth or of the prime of life.

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Hyacinthe Collin de Vermont

Hyacinthe Collin de Vermont (19 January 1693, Versailles – 16 February 1761, Paris) was a French painter. Alexander Roslin and Hyacinthe Collin de Vermont are 18th-century French male artists and 18th-century French painters.

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Hyacinthe Rigaud

Jacint Rigau-Ros i Serra (18 July 1659 – 29 December 1743), known in French as Hyacinthe Rigaud, was a Catalan-French baroque painter most famous for his portraits of Louis XIV and other members of the French nobility. Alexander Roslin and Hyacinthe Rigaud are 18th-century French male artists, 18th-century French painters and French portrait painters.

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Ivan Betskoy

Ivan Ivanovich Betskoi or Betskoy (Ива́н Ива́нович Бе́цкой) was an educational reformer in the Russian Empire who served as Catherine II's advisor on education and President of the Imperial Academy of Arts for thirty years (1764–94).

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Ivan Shuvalov

Ivan Ivanovich Shuvalov (Иван Иванович Шувалов; 1 November 172726 November 1797) was called the Maecenas (patron) of the Russian Enlightenment, the first Russian Minister of Education and Active Privy Councillor (1773).

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Jean-Baptiste Dumangin

Jean-Baptiste Eugénie Dumangin (or Du Mangin) (7 March 1744 – 28 March 1826) was a French physician known to have participated in the final treatment and autopsy of Louis XVII, the younger son of King Louis XVI and Queen Marie-Antoinette.

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Jean-Baptiste Greuze

Jean-Baptiste Greuze (21 August 1725 – 4 March 1805) was a French painter of portraits, genre scenes, and history painting. Alexander Roslin and Jean-Baptiste Greuze are 18th-century French male artists, 18th-century French painters, Burials at Montmartre Cemetery and French portrait painters.

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Jean-François Marmontel

Jean-François Marmontel (11 July 1723 – 31 December 1799) was a French historian, writer and a member of the Encyclopédistes movement.

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Jean-Marc Nattier

Jean-Marc Nattier (17 March 1685 – 7 November 1766) was a French painter. Alexander Roslin and Jean-Marc Nattier are 18th-century French male artists, 18th-century French painters, Court painters and French portrait painters.

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King Gustav III of Sweden and His Brothers

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List of Swedish artists

This is a list of notable Swedish visual artists.

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Louis Alexandre de La Rochefoucauld, 6th Duke of La Rochefoucauld

Louis Alexandre de La Rochefoucauld, 6th Duke of La Rochefoucauld (4 July 1743, Paris - 4 September 1792, Gisors, Normandy) was a French nobleman and politician.

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Louis, Dauphin of France (1729–1765)

Louis, Dauphin of France (Louis Ferdinand; 4 September 1729 – 20 December 1765) was the elder and only surviving son of King Louis XV of France and his wife, Queen Marie Leszczyńska.

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Louvre Palace

The Louvre Palace (Palais du Louvre), often referred to simply as the Louvre, is an iconic French palace located on the Right Bank of the Seine in Paris, occupying a vast expanse of land between the Tuileries Gardens and the church of Saint-Germain l'Auxerrois.

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Malmö

Malmö (Malmö,; Malmø) is the largest city in the Swedish county (län) of Skåne (Scania).

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Maria Amalia, Duchess of Parma

Maria Amalia (Maria Amalia Josepha Johanna Antonia; 26 February 1746 – 18 June 1804) was duchess of Parma, Piacenza and Guastalla by marriage to Ferdinand I, Duke of Parma.

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Marie de Rabutin-Chantal, marquise de Sévigné

Marie de Rabutin-Chantal, marquise de Sévigné (5 February 1626 – 17 April 1696), also widely known as Madame de Sévigné or Mme de Sévigné, was a French aristocrat, remembered for her letter-writing.

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Marie-Suzanne Giroust

Marie-Suzanne Giroust (9 March 1734 – 31 August 1772), known as Madame Roslin, was a French painter, miniaturist, and pastellist, known for her portraits. Alexander Roslin and Marie-Suzanne Giroust are 18th-century French painters.

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Metropolitan Museum of Art

The Metropolitan Museum of Art, colloquially referred to as the Met, is an encyclopedic art museum in New York City.

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Minneapolis Institute of Art

The Minneapolis Institute of Art (Mia) is an arts museum located in Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States.

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Mniszech family

The House of Mniszech (plural: Mniszchowie, historical feminine forms: Mniszchówna (unmarried), Mniszchowa (married or widow)) was a Polish magnate and noble family bearing the Mniszech Coat of Arms.

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Nationalmuseum

Nationalmuseum (or National Museum of Fine Arts) is the national gallery of Sweden, located on the peninsula Blasieholmen, in central Stockholm.

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Nicolas de Largillière

Nicolas de Largillière (baptised 10 October 1656 – 20 March 1746) was a French painter and draughtsman. Alexander Roslin and Nicolas de Largillière are 18th-century French male artists, 18th-century French painters and French portrait painters.

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Order of Vasa

The Royal Order of Vasa (Kungliga Vasaorden) is a Swedish order of chivalry founded on 29 May 1772 by King Gustav III. It is awarded to Swedish citizens for service to state and society especially in the fields of agriculture, mining and commerce.

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Paris

Paris is the capital and largest city of France.

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Pastel

A pastel is an art medium that consist of powdered pigment and a binder.

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Philip, Duke of Parma

Philip (Felipe, Filippo; 15 March 1720 – 18 July 1765) was Duke of Parma from 18 October 1748 until his death in 1765.

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Privy Council of Sweden

The Council of the Realm, or simply The Council (Riksrådet or Rådet: sometimes in Senatus Regni Sueciae), was a cabinet of medieval origin, consisting of magnates (stormän) which advised, and at times co-ruled with, the King of Sweden.

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Rococo

Rococo, less commonly Roccoco, also known as Late Baroque, is an exceptionally ornamental and dramatic style of architecture, art and decoration which combines asymmetry, scrolling curves, gilding, white and pastel colours, sculpted moulding, and trompe-l'œil frescoes to create surprise and the illusion of motion and drama.

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Royal Swedish Academy of Fine Arts

The Royal Swedish Academy of Fine Arts (Kungliga Akademien för de fria konsterna), commonly called the Royal Academy, is located in Stockholm, Sweden.

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Russian Empire

The Russian Empire was a vast empire that spanned most of northern Eurasia from its proclamation in November 1721 until its dissolution in March 1917.

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Saint Petersburg

Saint Petersburg, formerly known as Petrograd and later Leningrad, is the second-largest city in Russia after Moscow.

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Salon (Paris)

The Salon (Salon), or rarely Paris Salon (French: Salon de Paris), beginning in 1667 was the official art exhibition of the italic in Paris.

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Scania

Scania, also known by its native name of Skåne, is the southernmost of the historical provinces (landskap) of Sweden.

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Septimanie d'Egmont

Jeanne Sophie de Vignerot du Plessis (Jeanne Louise Armande Élisabeth Sophie; 1740 - 14 October 1773) known as Septimanie d'Egmont was a French salonist.

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Szlachta

The szlachta (Polish:; Lithuanian: šlėkta) were the noble estate of the realm in the Kingdom of Poland, the Grand Duchy of Lithuania and the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth and, as a social class, dominated those states by exercising political rights and power.

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Vladimir Borisovich Golitsyn

Prince Vladimir Borisovich Golitsyn (Владимир Борисович Голицын; –) was a Russian statesman.

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Warsaw

Warsaw, officially the Capital City of Warsaw, is the capital and largest city of Poland.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander_Roslin

Also known as Alexandre Roslin, Roslin, Alexander.

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