Adolf Ulrik Wertmuller(February 18, 1751 e October 5, 1811) was a Swedish painter whose notable works include Danaë receiving Jupiter in a Shower of Gold. Wertmeller was born in Stockholm and studied art at home before moving to Paris in 1772 to study under his cousin Alexander Roslin and French painter Joseph-Marie Vien. On July 30, 1784, Wertmeller was elected to the Royal Academy of Painting and Sculpture. Wertmeller was commissioned by Gustav III of Sweden for a portrait of Marie Antoinette, which is now in the Nationalmuseum at Stockholm. In 1787, he produced his masterpiece Danaë, a work which proved controversial as one of the earliest female nude paintings exhibited in America. Wertmeller first emigrated to the United States in May 1794 and continued his portrait work, most notably of General George Washington, but in 1796 was called back to Sweden, eventually returning to Philadelphia in 1800. Elizabeth B. Johnston, in her book Original Portraits of Washington (Boston, 1882), speaks of five portraits of Washington by Wertmeller, of which one, executed in 1797, was purchased by the U. S. government in 1878, and another is owned by the Historical Society of Pennsylvania. Wertmeller was married to Elizabeth Henderson, granddaughter of noted early American painter Gustavus Hesselius, on January 8, 1801, and two years later retired to a plantation in Claymont, Delaware, where he lived the final years of his life. He died near Marcus Hook, Pennsylvania, aged 60. | |||
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Mademoiselle Charlotte Eckerman (1759-1790), Swedish opera singer and actress Gemälde ID:: 81969 Siehe Galerie in Schweden |
Mademoiselle Charlotte Eckerman (1759-1790), Swedish opera singer and actress Date 1784(1784) Medium Oil on canvas Dimensions 65 x 54 cm (25.6 x 21.3 in) cjr Date_1784(1784) _ Medium_Oil_on_canvas _ Dimensions_65_x_54_cm_(25.6_x_21.3_in) _ cjr |
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Den vertabte Sons Hjemkomst Gemälde ID:: 82645 Siehe Galerie in Schweden |
Den vertabte Sons Hjemkomst Oil on canvas, 147 x 111 cm. Statens Museum for Kunst. Date 1843(1843) cyf Oil_on_canvas,_147_x_111_cm._Statens_Museum_for_Kunst._ Date_1843(1843) _ cyf |
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Queen Marie Antoinette of France Gemälde ID:: 86986 Siehe Galerie in Schweden |
Queen Marie Antoinette of France 1788, Versailles, oil on canvas cjr 1788,_Versailles,_oil_on_canvas cjr |
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| (February 18, 1751 e October 5, 1811) was a Swedish painter whose notable works include Danaë receiving Jupiter in a Shower of Gold. Wertmeller was born in Stockholm and studied art at home before moving to Paris in 1772 to study under his cousin Alexander Roslin and French painter Joseph-Marie Vien. On July 30, 1784, Wertmeller was elected to the Royal Academy of Painting and Sculpture. Wertmeller was commissioned by Gustav III of Sweden for a portrait of Marie Antoinette, which is now in the Nationalmuseum at Stockholm. In 1787, he produced his masterpiece Danaë, a work which proved controversial as one of the earliest female nude paintings exhibited in America. Wertmeller first emigrated to the United States in May 1794 and continued his portrait work, most notably of General George Washington, but in 1796 was called back to Sweden, eventually returning to Philadelphia in 1800. Elizabeth B. Johnston, in her book Original Portraits of Washington (Boston, 1882), speaks of five portraits of Washington by Wertmeller, of which one, executed in 1797, was purchased by the U. S. government in 1878, and another is owned by the Historical Society of Pennsylvania. Wertmeller was married to Elizabeth Henderson, granddaughter of noted early American painter Gustavus Hesselius, on January 8, 1801, and two years later retired to a plantation in Claymont, Delaware, where he lived the final years of his life. He died near Marcus Hook, Pennsylvania, aged 60. | ||||||||||
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