Georg Engelhard Schröder (31 May 1684 – 17 May 1750), also spelled George Engelhardt Schroeder, was a Swedish painter.

Life

Early life

Schroder's father, Veit Engelhard Schröder (died 1710), was a goldsmith from the German city of

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. In 1670 Veit and his wife Lucia Lindemeyer emigrated to Stockholm, where Georg was born fourteen years later. In his early years he studied under the painter

David von Krafft David Krafft, from 1719 David von Krafft (1655 – 20 September 1724), was a German-Swedish painter, the nephew and student of David Klöcker Ehrenstrahl and his successor (in 1698) as painter to the Swedish Royal Court. Biography Krafft was bo ...

(1655–1724), only leaving his studio in 1703 to travel abroad. In the following twenty-one years Schröder visited most of Europe. He began with time in northern Germany before moving to Italy, where he stayed five years in

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, copying old masters, painting views of the city and coming into contact with the pastellist

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(1675–1757). He next moved to Rome, where he was inspired by Baroque artists such as

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(1616–1686),

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(1625–1713) and

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(1656–1746). He also used a quick and light style of drawing, typical of Italian art of the time. In Paris he gained new impetus and influence from the painter

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(1690–1734), before seven years in London, where he was influenced by the portraiture of

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(1646–1723) and

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Return to Sweden

Portrait of Mustapha Aga Emissary to the Swedish Court

Portrait of Sahid Mehemet Effendi Emissary to the Swedish Court

In December 1724, after the death of David von Krafft, Schröder was ordered back to Sweden to take over from his old teacher as court portraitist. Soon afterwards, in 1727, Schröder married Anna Birgitta Spöring.

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highly valued Schroder, who produced several portraits of Frederick and his queen

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. Around the same time he made two well-known paintings of ambassadors of the

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to the Swedish court:

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in 1727, and Yirmisekizzade Mehmed Said Efendi (later

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) in 1733.Colin Imber, Keiko Kiyotaki, Rhoads Murphey ''Frontiers of Ottoman studies: state, province, and the West'' I.B.Tauris, 2005, p 53
In 1745 Schröder was appointed an advisor at court and he amassed a moderate fortune from all the commissions he gained. In the 1740s

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(1695–1786) brought a new French-influenced style to Sweden and demand for Schroder's worked dropped - this meant he was one of the last 18th-century Swedish painters whose predominant influence was Italian art. One of his most notable pupils was

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(1718–1793).

Selected works

Altarpieces

* Hedwig-Eleonora Church, Stockholm: ''Crucifixion'', 1738 * Drottningholm Palace Church, Uppland: ''The Last Supper'' *

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: ''The Last Supper'' *

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Church, Uppland: ''The Last Supper'' *

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Church, Södermanland: several paintings *Överenhörna Church, Södermanland: Altarpiece, 1736 *

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, former altarpiece (now in the north aisle), 1733

Other

Uppsala University Uppsala University (UU) () is a public university, public research university in Uppsala, Sweden. Founded in 1477, it is the List of universities in Sweden, oldest university in Sweden and the Nordic countries still in operation. Initially fou ...

, Uppland: ''John the Baptist Preaching'' *

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, Göteborg: ''Apelles Painting Venus'' *

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, Stockholm: ''The Four Elements'' *

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, Uppland: ''The Three Graces'' *

Stockholm University Stockholm University (SU) () is a public university, public research university in Stockholm, Sweden, founded as a college in 1878, with university status since 1960. With over 33,000 students at four different faculties: law, humanities, social ...

: '' A Small Allegory on the Estates of the Swedish Kingdom'' *

Royal Swedish Academy of Fine Arts The Royal Swedish Academy of Fine Arts (), commonly called the Royal Academy, is located in Stockholm, Sweden. An independent organization that promotes the development of painting, sculpture, architecture, and other fine arts, it is one of seve ...

, Stockholm: ''Self portrait'', 1729

References

External links

* http://sok.riksarkivet.se/sbl/Presentation.aspx?id=6401 * https://runeberg.org/sbh/b0435.html {{DEFAULTSORT:Schroder, Georg Engelhard 18th-century Swedish painters 18th-century Swedish male artists Swedish male painters 1684 births 1750 deaths Orientalist painters Painters from Stockholm