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Count Carl Gustaf Tessin (5 September 1695 – 7 January 1770) was a Swedish Count and politician and son of architect Nicodemus Tessin the Younger and Hedvig Eleonora Stenbock. He was one of the most brilliant personages of his day, and the most prominent representative of French culture in Sweden.
Apr 11, 2024 · Carl Gustaf, Count Tessin (born Sept. 5, 1695, Stockholm—died Jan. 7, 1770, Åkerö, Swed.) was a Swedish court official, statesman, and writer who was a founder of the 18th-century parliamentary Hat Party and an influential adviser to the court of Adolf Frederick.
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Count Carl Gustaf Tessin (5 September 1695 – 7 January 1770) was a Swedish Count and politician and son of architect Nicodemus Tessin the Younger and Hedvig Eleonora Stenbock. He was one of the most brilliant personages of his day, and the most prominent representative of French culture in Sweden. He was also often considered a fine orator.
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Carl Gustaf Tessin, född 5 september 1695 på Tessinska palatset i Stockholm, död 7 januari 1770 på Åkerö slott, [ 1] var en svensk greve, diplomat, politiker, ambassadör, riksråd och kanslipresident (regeringschef) 1746–1752. Tessin var frihetstidens tongivande kulturpersonlighet och hans konstsamling utgör grundplåten för Nationalmusei samlingar.
May 11, 2017 · Everything we see was collected, though not always for himself, by Count Carl Gustaf Tessin, a Swede whose lifetime covered much of the eighteenth century—he died in 1770 at seventy-four—and whose involvement with art gives us, with the help of the organizers of the current exhibition, a stimulating way to take in what might be called ...
Friday, February 3, 2017, 6:30 pm. Tickets: $15; free for members and students with valid ID. Order tickets. Tickets include free museum admission for the day of program. The art collection of Count Carl Gustaf Tessin in the Nationalmuseum, Stockholm, is a unique example of the prevalent taste during the rococo period in Paris.
Carl Gustaf Tessin collected drawings alongside his Parisian contemporaries, purchasing them at auction and from artists and dealers, but what role did his eventual return to Stockholm with this material play in his eforts? his paper investigates how Tessin’s practices—including inscribing drawings, mounting, glazing, framing, and hanging ...
