Alexander Roslin

Portrait of a lady, bust-length, in a red dress with lace; and Portrait of a gentleman, bust-length, in a black coat with a yellow embroidered waistcoat and lace cravat

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Property from a Distinguished Swedish Private Collection

Alexander Roslin

Malmö 1718 - 1793 Paris

Portrait of a lady, bust-length, in a red dress with lace; and Portrait of a gentleman, bust-length, in a black coat with a yellow embroidered waistcoat and lace cravat

a pair, both oil on canvas, oval

each unframed: 55.1 x 45.5 cm.; 21¾ x 17⅞ in.

each framed: 70.5 x 59.1 cm.; 27¾ x 23¼ in.

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J.L. Souffrice, Paris;
Acquired for the present collection by 1957;
Thence by descent.

G.W. Lundberg, Roslin, Malmö 1957, vol. II, p. 56, cat. nos 305 and 306, reproduced plates 105 and 106;
M. Olausson, Alexander Roslin, exh. cat., Stockholm 2007, p. 131, cat. nos 10 and 11, reproduced in colour pp. 180-81.

Stockholm, Nationalmuseum, Alexander Roslin, 26 September 2007 - 13 January 2008, nos 10 and 11.