Carl Frederik von Breda | |
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 Self portrait, 1787 | |
| Born | 16 August 1759 |
| Died | 1 December 1818 (aged 59) Stockholm, Sweden |
| Nationality | Swedish |
| Education | Royal Swedish Academy of Arts |
| Known for | Painting |
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Carl Frederik von Breda (16 August 1759 – 1 December 1818) 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".[1] 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.[2]
- ^ Bryan, Michael (1886). Dictionary of Painters and Engravers: Biographical and Critical. Vol. I.: A-K. London: George Bell and Sons. Retrieved 2008-01-27.
- ^ Asplund, Karl (December 1943). "Carl Fredrik von Breda". The Burlington Magazine for Connoisseurs. 83 (489): 296–301. JSTOR 868812.