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| Keywords: The Lady with the Veil (the Artist's Wife) (Alexander Roslin) - Nationalmuseum - 21152.tif Suzanne Roslin information field Creator Alexander Roslin The Lady with the Veil the Artist's Wife The Lady with the Veil is one of the Nationalmuseum s best loved paintings The woman in the portrait is partially hidden by a black silk veil Beneath the veil she is dressed for a special occasion in white lace and pink silk During the 18th century theatre was an important part of the life of the upper classes Dressing up disguising oneself and playing dramatic roles was a common pastime The Lady with the Veil shows how one could dress up Ă la bolonaise in the style of Bologna The woman is smiling in a tempting fashion yet she seems to want to remain secretive She only shows part of herself There are many anonymous portraits of women in collections around the world Often they have been part of a pair of portraits of man and wife so called pendant portraits It is not unusual for such portraits to have become separated over the years And since the influence of the women has been underestimated in writing the history of art their names and identities have often been forgotten For this reason many of Roslin s portraits now bear the title Unknown Woman But the Lady with the veil is not one of these forgotten women For she was Alexander Roslin s wife the French portrait artist Marie Suzanne Giroust Fans were not just a practical item for social gatherings Fans could also be used for sending secret messages There were numerous ways of holding opening and closing fans Each way meant something specific The lady with the veil has folded her fan and is using it to stroke her cheek This might mean I love you It was once the artist himself who received this message while he was painting his wife Nowadays we are the recipients as we regard the painting and perhaps we let ourselves be seduced by the veiled woman Š I inventarieböckerna pĂ„ Ăsterby bruk kallades den hĂ€r mĂ„lningen PortrĂ€tt av enögt fruntimmer Idag finns den pĂ„ Nationalmuseum dĂ€r den fĂ„tt titeln Damen med slöjan Damen ifrĂ„ga Ă€r konstnĂ€ren Alexander Roslins fru Suzanne född Giroust Det var inte pĂ„ grund av att det var nĂ„got fel pĂ„ hennes öga som Roslin mĂ„lade henne med en slöja som döljer halva ansiktet Hon Ă€r klĂ€dd Ă la Bolognaise - en drĂ€kt som kvinnorna i Bologna Italien bar Svensken Alexander Roslin var en av 1700-talets mest anlitade portrĂ€ttmĂ„lare Han hade en internationell karriĂ€r med uppdrag i en rad europeiska lĂ€nder 1752 bosatte han sig i Paris dĂ€r han öppnade en ateljĂ© Flera av hans vĂ€lbestĂ€llda kunder reste till Paris enbart för att bli mĂ„lades av Roslin le SuĂ©dois SĂ€rskilt uppskattad blev han för sin skicklighet att Ă„terge de sinnliga kvaliteterna hos en len pudrad hy mjuk sammet eller frasande siden Men han kritiserades ocksĂ„ för att vara ytlig I Paris trĂ€ffade Roslin pastellmĂ„laren Suzanne Giroust Trots att hon i tĂ€t följd födde fem barn i början av Ă€ktenskapet fortsatte hon sin konstnĂ€rliga yrkesbana Hon var en av fĂ„ kvinnor som pĂ„ sin tid valdes in i den franska konstakademin och hon stĂ€llde ut pĂ„ den prestigefyllda Salongen 38 Ă„r gammal dog Suzanne i bröstcancer Roslin mĂ„lade genom Ă„ren fem olika portrĂ€tt av sin vackra hustru alla lika innerligt kĂ€rleksfulla header The Lady with the Veil is one of the Nationalmuseum s best loved paintings The woman in the portrait is partially hidden by a black silk veil Beneath the veil she is dressed for a special occasion in white lace and pink silk During the 18th century theatre was an important part of the life of the upper classes Dressing up disguising oneself and playing dramatic roles was a common pastime The Lady with the Veil shows how one could dress up Ă la bolonaise in the style of Bologna The woman is smiling in a tempting fashion yet she seems to want to remain secretive She only shows part of herself There are many anonymous portraits of women in collections around the world Often they have been part of a pair of portraits of man and wife so called pendant portraits It is not unusual for such portraits to have become separated over the years And since the influence of the women has been underestimated in writing the history of art their names and identities have often been forgotten For this reason many of Roslin s portraits now bear the title Unknown Woman But the Lady with the veil is not one of these forgotten women For she was Alexander Roslin s wife the French portrait artist Marie Suzanne Giroust Fans were not just a practical item for social gatherings Fans could also be used for sending secret messages There were numerous ways of holding opening and closing fans Each way meant something specific The lady with the veil has folded her fan and is using it to stroke her cheek This might mean I love you It was once the artist himself who received this message while he was painting his wife Nowadays we are the recipients as we regard the painting and perhaps we let ourselves be seduced by the veiled woman Š I inventarieböckerna pĂ„ Ăsterby bruk kallades den hĂ€r mĂ„lningen PortrĂ€tt av enögt fruntimmer Idag finns den pĂ„ Nationalmuseum dĂ€r den fĂ„tt titeln Damen med slöjan Damen ifrĂ„ga Ă€r konstnĂ€ren Alexander Roslins fru Suzanne född Giroust Det var inte pĂ„ grund av att det var nĂ„got fel pĂ„ hennes öga som Roslin mĂ„lade henne med en slöja som döljer halva ansiktet Hon Ă€r klĂ€dd Ă la Bolognaise - en drĂ€kt som kvinnorna i Bologna Italien bar Svensken Alexander Roslin var en av 1700-talets mest anlitade portrĂ€ttmĂ„lare Han hade en internationell karriĂ€r med uppdrag i en rad europeiska lĂ€nder 1752 bosatte han sig i Paris dĂ€r han öppnade en ateljĂ© Flera av hans vĂ€lbestĂ€llda kunder reste till Paris enbart för att bli mĂ„lades av Roslin le SuĂ©dois SĂ€rskilt uppskattad blev han för sin skicklighet att Ă„terge de sinnliga kvaliteterna hos en len pudrad hy mjuk sammet eller frasande siden Men han kritiserades ocksĂ„ för att vara ytlig I Paris trĂ€ffade Roslin pastellmĂ„laren Suzanne Giroust Trots att hon i tĂ€t följd födde fem barn i början av Ă€ktenskapet fortsatte hon sin konstnĂ€rliga yrkesbana Hon var en av fĂ„ kvinnor som pĂ„ sin tid valdes in i den franska konstakademin och hon stĂ€llde ut pĂ„ den prestigefyllda Salongen 38 Ă„r gammal dog Suzanne i bröstcancer Roslin mĂ„lade genom Ă„ren fem olika portrĂ€tt av sin vackra hustru alla lika innerligt kĂ€rleksfulla 1768 Oil on canvas Olja pĂ„ duk Size cm 54 65 Framed Size cm 69 80 Institution Nationalmuseum Stockholm Signerad Roslin S 1768 accession number 21152 NM 4098 place of creation Nationalmuseum Nationalmuseum Stockholm cooperation project Licensed-PD-Art PD-old-auto PD-Nationalmuseum_Stockholm 1793 Media contributed by Nationalmuseum Stockholm 2016-10 18th-century portrait paintings in the Nationalmuseum Stockholm The Lady with a Fan The Artist's Wife Roslin People with grey background in art Pleasure in art | ||||