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Gustav III

Alexander Roslin Swedish

1775

Not on view

The future King Gustav III of Sweden and his younger brother Frederick Adolf sat for Roslin on several occasions during their 1771 visit to Paris. Gustav’s sessions were cut short when he received word, at the opera, of his father’s death. Roslin subsequently adapted his sketches of Gustav into the canvas here. The younger prince, by contrast, remained longer in Paris and continued to sit for Roslin, which perhaps accounts for his portrait’s more successful composition.

Gustav III, Alexander Roslin (Swedish, Malmö 1718–1793 Paris), Oil on canvas — This image cannot be enlarged, viewed at full screen, or downloaded.

Title: Gustav III

Artist: Alexander Roslin (Swedish, Malmö 1718–1793 Paris)

Date: 1775

Medium: Oil on canvas

Dimensions: Unframed: 28 3/4 × 23 1/4 in. (73 × 59 cm)
Framed: 48 7/16 × 32 1/16 × 6 1/2 in. (123 × 81.5 × 16.5 cm)

Classification: Paintings

Credit Line: Nationalmuseum, Stockholm (NM 1012)

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