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Carl Frederik von Breda

1759 - 1818

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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". He returned to Sweden 1796 where he became professor at the Academy of Arts, a popular portraitist, and a court painter. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Carl Frederik von Breda is the 1,740th most popular painter (up from 1,779th in 2019), the 770th most popular biography from Sweden (up from 795th in 2019) and the 25th most popular Swedish Painter.

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Among PAINTERS

Among painters, Carl Frederik von Breda ranks 1,740 out of 2,023. Before him are Francesco Clemente, Karl Bodmer, László Paál, Gottfried Honegger, Vassily Maximov, and Nikolay Kasatkin. After him are Henry Scott Tuke, William Dobson, Jean-Paul Riopelle, Philip Guston, Morris Louis, and Ditlev Blunck.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1759, Carl Frederik von Breda ranks 41. Before him are Josepha Weber, Louis Augustin Guillaume Bosc, August Wilhelm Iffland, Cornelio Saavedra, William Kirby, and Andrey Voronikhin. After him are Thomas Andrew Knight, and Daniel Beale. Among people deceased in 1818, Carl Frederik von Breda ranks 41. Before him are Nikolay Novikov, Louis Augustus Karl Frederick Emil, Duke of Anhalt-Köthen, Ivan Kulibin, Henry Lee III, Josef Abel, and Johann David Wyss. After him are Jean Baptiste Point du Sable, Arthur St. Clair, and George Rogers Clark.

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In Sweden

Among people born in Sweden, Carl Frederik von Breda ranks 770 out of 1,879. Before him are Astrid Cleve (1875), Bertha Valerius (1824), Sven Jacobsson (1914), Stellan Bengtsson (1952), Bo Ekelund (1894), and Irma Johansson (1932). After him are Harald Cramér (1893), Karin Dreijer (1975), Carl Folcker (1889), Glenn Strömberg (1960), May Britt (1933), and Jan Arnald (1963).

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Among PAINTERS In Sweden

Among painters born in Sweden, Carl Frederik von Breda ranks 25. Before him are Sigrid Hjertén (1885), Carl Fredrik Hill (1849), Eva Bonnier (1857), Ernst Josephson (1851), Julia Beck (1853), and Gustaf Lundberg (1695). After him are August Malmström (1829), Ulrika Pasch (1735), Hanna Pauli (1864), Nils Dardel (1888), and Leonel Maciel (1939).

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