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Carl Gustav Pilo
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Frederick V, detail from an oil painting by C.G. Pilo, 1751 Adam Gottlob Moltke, oil painting by C.G. Pilo
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Carl Gustav Pilo

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  • Judith Leyster: Self-Portrait
    Western painting
    / Scandinavia

    One such portraitist was Carl Gustav Pilo, who, though trained in Stockholm, executed many frankly Venetian portraits during his years as court painter in Copenhagen. Another was Lorentz Pasch the Younger, who trained under Pilo in Copenhagen, although he subsequently worked mainly in Sweden. Other painters of Swedish origin…

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    One such portraitist was Carl Gustav Pilo, who, though trained in Stockholm, executed many frankly Venetian portraits during his years as court painter in Copenhagen. Another was Lorentz Pasch the Younger, who trained under Pilo in Copenhagen, although he subsequently worked mainly in Sweden. Other painters of Swedish origin…

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