The Lady with the Veil. The Artist's Wife Marie Suzanne Giroust
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DatesSigned: Signed 1768
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Dimensionsh x w: Mått 65 x 54 cm h x w: Ram 80 x 69 cm
Inventory numberNM 4098
AcqusitionGift 1945 Kooperativa Förbundet and Ms Hildegard Tamm
Other titlesTitel (sv): Damen med slöjan. Konstnärens maka Suzanne Roslin Titel (en): The Lady with the Veil. The Artist's Wife Marie Suzanne Giroust Tidigare: The Lady with the Veil (the Artist's Wife)
DescriptionDescription: The veiled beauty in Alexander Roslin’s portrait is his wife, Marie Suzanne Giroust, who was herself a prominent artist. She is dressed for a fancy-dress ball, in the Bolognese style. The attraction of this image builds very much on a play of opposites, such as intimate–inaccessible and seductive–reserved. The Lady with the Veil is one of the Nationalmuseum’s best-known paintings. It was exhibited in Paris in 1769, along with another portrait by Roslin, of a woman in African costume.
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Motif categoryPortrait
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TechniquePainting
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