| King Gustav III of Sweden and His Brothers | |
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| Artist | Alexander Roslin |
| Year | 1771 |
| Medium | Oil on canvas |
| Dimensions | 203 cm × 162 cm (80 in × 64 in) |
| Location | Nationalmuseum, Stockholm |
| Owner | Nationalmuseum, Stockholm |
King Gustav III of Sweden and His Brothers is an oil painting by the Swedish portrait painter Alexander Roslin showing Gustav with his two brothers, Prince Frederick Adolf and Prince Charles, later Charles XIII of Sweden.[1] Frederick is standing, Gustav is sitting to the left, and Charles is to the right. The painting is in the collection of the Swedish National Museum.
The painting has Alexander Roslin's signature in French: Roslin à Paris 1771. Roslin had settled in Paris in 1752; by the time he painted this triple portrait Roslin had already been living in Paris for nineteen years. He would remain there for the rest of his life.
- ^ "Karl 2 – utdypning (Store norske leksikon)". Archived from the original on October 6, 2012. Retrieved April 9, 2015.