Alexander RoslinSverige, 1718–1793Portrait du duc de Choiseul-Praslin
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Imens i livet hos Alexander Roslin
Hele livet15. juli 1718
Born
1752
Moves to Paris for good
He takes leave of Italy and at 34 settles in Paris, where he stays for the rest of his life. He becomes a protégé of François Boucher, and his work quickly becomes fashionable. In Paris he is surrounded by Swedish visitors and is a good friend of the influential Swedish politician Count Carl Gustaf Tessin.
1753
Begins to exhibit at the Paris Salon
As a member of the Royal Academy of Painting and Sculpture he begins to show his work at the Salon, the official exhibition of the members’ work; from 1753 he takes part in it 18 times.
1765
Wins the portraitists’ competition
He wins a competition of portraitists with a portrait of the Duke de La Rochefoucauld (other accounts add: together with his family), although his main rival is the famous Jean-Baptiste Greuze.
1771
A pension and a free apartment in the Louvre
Although a foreigner, often called Roslin le suédois (“Roslin the Swede”), he is granted a pension and a free apartment in the Louvre. By then he has painted several portraits of members of the French royal family and of foreign princes.
5. juli 1793
Died





