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Carl Gustaf Pilo

Carl Gustaf Pilo Portrait of King Frederik V of Denmark, oil painting on canvas
Portrait of King Frederik V of Denmark,
Painting ID::  60068
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Carl Gustaf Pilo Portrait of King Frederik V of Denmark, oil painting on canvas



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  Carl Gustaf Pilo
  Swedish Painter, 1711-1793,Swedish painter. His father, Olof Pijhlou (1668-1753), was an artist. Pilo may have travelled to Vienna and Germany, and it is probable that he studied at the Drawing Academy established in Stockholm in 1735. From 1737 he was engaged as a portrait painter by members of the southern Swedish aristocracy (e.g. Baron Malte Ramel; evedskloster, priv. col.). About 1740 he settled in Copenhagen, where he swiftly rose to a position of importance: following the enthusiastic reception of his portrait of Louise of England, the wife of the future Frederick V (Copenhagen, Stat. Mus. Kst, on loan to Amalienborg Castle), he was appointed court painter in 1745 and drawing-master to Crown Prince Christian (later Christian VII) in 1759. Pilo was appointed professor at the Royal Academy of Art in Copenhagen in 1748 and for the next two decades was recognized as the foremost portrait painter in Denmark.
  Portrait of King Frederik V of Denmark,
  Portrait of King Frederik V of Denmark, in the collection of the Altona Museum in Hamburg, Germany.

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