The Artist and his Wife Marie Suzanne Giroust painting the Portrait of Henrik Wilhelm Peill
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DatesSigned: Signed 1767
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Dimensionsh x w: Mått 131 x 98,5 cm h x w x d: Ram 169 x 123 x 17 cm
Inventory numberNM 7141
AcqusitionPurchased 2013, Friends of the Nationalmuseum and the Sophia Giesecke, Axel Hirsch, and Denise and Stefan Persson Funds, and with generous contribution from the descendants of Stina Nordenfalk
Other titlesTitel (sv): Konstnären och hans hustru Marie Suzanne Giroust målande Henrik Wilhelm Peills porträtt Titel (en): The Artist and his Wife Marie Suzanne Giroust painting the Portrait of Henrik Wilhelm Peill
DescriptionDescription: Roslin painted this portrait of himself and his wife, the artist Marie Suzanne Giroust, as a token of their friendship with Henrik Wilhelm Peill, the man in the pastel. It was produced when Peill left Paris in 1767, and the gold box in the foreground may have been a farewell gift from him. The younger woman portrayed in miniature on the box is probably the younger Anna Johanna Grill, whom Peill was to marry, while the older woman is assumed to be her mother, the elder Anna Johanna Grill.
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