Double Portrait

Double Portrait

1754

Oil on canvas

Mått 161,50 x 202,00 cm Ram 202,50 x 247,50 x 20,00 cm

WL 85

Purchased with contributions from Anna Lundqvist and Theodor and Hanne Mannheimers fund, 1947

Alexander Roslin had an outstanding international career as a portrait painter and is one of the most successful Swedish born artists ever. Roslin came to Paris in a time of transition between rococo and neo-classicism, and manoeuvred skilfully between the two styles, depending on who was the client. He was admired especially for his skill in reproducing different materials like silk and velvet. Double Portrait, in the Gothenburg Museum of Art, depicts an unknown couple. There are different theories about who they are, but none of them have been confirmed. One theory says that the couple is architect and engineer Jean-Rodolphe Perronet (1708–1794) and his wife. Kristoffer Arvidsson

Vicomtesse Marie Anne de Nouë (born Rodier), Paris, 1935 On loan to the Gothenburg Museum of Art from 1937 Purchased with a contribution from Anna Lundqvist and Theodor and Hanne Mannheimer’s Fund 1947

Göteborg, Göteborgs konstmuseum, 04/05/2016 - 13/11/2016

Kristoffer Arvidsson, Per Dahlström, Björn Fredlund, Anna Hyltze, Philippa Nanfeldt, Isabella Nilsson, Johan Sjöström, Samlingen Göteborgs konstmuseum, red. Kristoffer Arvidsson, Per Dahlström, Anna Hyltze, Göteborgs konstmuseum, Göteborg 2014., p. 78, ill. p. 86-87