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The Artist's Wife - Marie-Suzanne Giroust Roslin
Voting period ends on 21 Oct 2014  at 19:08:43 (UTC)
 * Reason: Marie-Suzanne Giroust was a French painter, miniaturist and pastellist. She was a member of the Académie de peinture et de sculpture. She was married to the Swedish painter Alexander Roslin. She was an artist of her own right, as you can see on the nomination above. One of the most famous portraits made by his husband Alexander Roslin isThe Lady with the Veil: (citation) Ironically, Roslin’s best-known portrait by far, The Lady with the Veil, is not of a member of the high society, but of his own wife, Marie-Suzanne Giroust. Roslin depicted her as a Bolognese lady dressed up for the carnival. Her mischievous smile, the veil and the fan in her hand have strong amorous connotations. The seductive quality was not lost on the famous philosopher and critic Denis Diderot, who, when he saw the painting on show at the Parisian Salon, characterized it as ‘très piquante’. 


 * Articles in which this image appears:Marie-Suzanne Giroust, Alexander Roslin
 * FP category for this image:WP:Featured pictures/People/Artists and writers or WP:Featured pictures/Artwork/Paintings
 * Creator:Alexander Roslin


 * Support as nominator – Hafspajen (talk) 19:08, 11 October 2014 (UTC)
 * Support - very nice. — Crisco 1492 (talk) 06:56, 12 October 2014 (UTC)
 * Support — Très charmant. Sca (talk) 14:42, 12 October 2014 (UTC)
 * Support --  Bellus Delphina     talk   12:52, 13 October 2014 (UTC)
 * Support. Stunning. Fantastic nomination. J Milburn (talk) 17:47, 13 October 2014 (UTC)
 * Support. Wonderful. The lady is bewitching. I like the EV just as a period piece with her fan and the glove, ruffles and costume of the time. Fylbecatulous talk 22:16, 14 October 2014 (UTC)
 * Support - Playful (mischievous) and seductive...--Godot13 (talk) 03:16, 20 October 2014 (UTC)

--Armbrust The Homunculus 20:29, 21 October 2014 (UTC)
 * Added to the People/Artists and writers category, because there is no article about the painting. Armbrust The Homunculus 20:29, 21 October 2014 (UTC)