Adolf Ulrik Wertmüller (1751 - 1811)

• Was a Swedish painter.
• Wertmüller was born in Stockholm.
• 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, he was elected to the Royal Academy of Painting and Sculpture.
• Wertmüller was commissioned by Gustav III of Sweden for a portrait of Marie Antoinette.
• Wertmüller went 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.
• Wertmüller was married to Elizabeth Henderson, granddaughter of an American painter Gustavus Hesselius, on January 8, 1801.
• He died near Marcus Hook, Pennsylvania, aged 60.
• The displayed painting is a crop from: Adolf Ulrik Wertmüller, Self-portrait, Made 1788.
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