Hidden Bibliographic Details
| Other title: | Tijdschrift van Rijksmuseum Twenthe
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| Other uniform titles: | Roslin, Alexander, 1718-1793. Works. Selections.
Beltman, Josien,
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| Other authors / contributors: | Rijksmuseum Twenthe (Netherlands), host institution, issuing body.
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| Notes: | Cover title.
Date of publication from publisher's webpage: https://www.rijksmuseumtwenthe.nl/content/305
Issued in conjunction with the exhibit Alexander Roslin: Portrettist van de Aristocratie, held at the Rijksmuseum Twenthe, 19 October 2014-12 April 2015.
Catalog presented in the form of a magazine containing popular-historical articles about the painter Alexander Roslin and the aristocratic circles among which he worked, including fictionalized "interviews" with contemporaries, and about the concept of decadence.
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| Summary: | Beauty, wealth, power and prestige: the Swedish painter Alexander Roslin had an unerring grasp of how to portray the ruling class of his time. This first Roslin exhibition in the Netherlands is not only a unique opportunity for the Dutch public to get to know the wonderful work of Alexander Roslin, but it also draws the visitors into the world of the aristocrats he portrayed. Rijksmuseum Twenthe is the only museum in the Netherlands that has two portraits by Roslin in its museum collection. Especially for this exhibition RMT will have no less than sixteen top artworks on loan from the Roslin collection of the Nationalmuseum in Stockholm. Exhibition: Rijksmuseum Twenthe, Enschede, The Netherlands (19.10.2014-12.04.2015).
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