Mrs. William Hartigan
Catalogue
- Year
- 1791
- Medium
- oil paint
- Dimensions
- overall: 77 x 64 cm (30 5/16 x 25 3/16 in.) framed: 94 x 81.3 x 6.2 cm (37 x 32 x 2 7/16 in.)
- Collection
- National Gallery of Art
- Artist
- Carl Fredrik von Breda
Artist
Painting
Carl Frederik von Breda was a Swedish painter who studied in and spent much of his career in Britain before becoming painter to the Swedish court. He was born in Stockholm in 1759, and moved to Britain where he was a student of Joshua Reynolds. Breda specialized in painting portraits and was called "the van Dyck of Sweden". He returned to Sweden 1796 where he became professor at the Academy of Arts, a popular portraitist, and a court painter. Breda married at age 22 and his son, Johan Fredrik, was also a painter, who studied under his father. Breda died in Stockholm in 1818.
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Record
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- Carl Fredrik von Breda
- Year
- 1791
- Medium
- oil paint
- Dimensions
- overall: 77 x 64 cm (30 5/16 x 25 3/16 in.) framed: 94 x 81.3 x 6.2 cm (37 x 32 x 2 7/16 in.)
- Watts ID
- WW-1787-235774
Source
- Collection
- National Gallery of Art
- Source
- nga
- Reference
- View at source
- Status
- verified