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href="/wiki/Stockholm" title="Stockholm">Stockholm</a>, Sweden</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Died</th><td class="infobox-data">October 5, 1811<span style="display:none">(1811-10-05)</span> (aged 60)<br /><div style="display:inline" class="deathplace"><a href="/wiki/Marcus_Hook,_Pennsylvania" title="Marcus Hook, Pennsylvania">Marcus Hook, Pennsylvania</a>, U.S.</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Nationality</th><td class="infobox-data category"><a href="/wiki/Swedes" title="Swedes">Swedish</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Education</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Royal_Swedish_Academy_of_Arts" class="mw-redirect" title="Royal Swedish Academy of Arts">Royal Swedish Academy of Arts</a> in <a href="/wiki/Stockholm" title="Stockholm">Stockholm</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Known for</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Painting" title="Painting">Painting</a></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Adolf Ulrik Wertmüller</b> (February 18, 1751 – October 5, 1811) was a Swedish painter whose notable works include <i>Danaë receiving Jupiter in a Shower of Gold</i>. </p><p>Wertmüller was born in <a href="/wiki/Stockholm" title="Stockholm">Stockholm</a> and studied art at home before moving to <a href="/wiki/Paris" title="Paris">Paris</a> in 1772 to study under his cousin <a href="/wiki/Alexander_Roslin" title="Alexander Roslin">Alexander Roslin</a> and French painter <a href="/wiki/Joseph-Marie_Vien" title="Joseph-Marie Vien">Joseph-Marie Vien</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Conrad_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Conrad-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On July 30, 1784, Wertmüller was elected to the <a href="/wiki/Royal_Academy_of_Painting_and_Sculpture" class="mw-redirect" title="Royal Academy of Painting and Sculpture">Royal Academy of Painting and Sculpture</a>. </p><p>Wertmüller was commissioned by <a href="/wiki/Gustav_III_of_Sweden" class="mw-redirect" title="Gustav III of Sweden">Gustav III of Sweden</a> for a portrait of <a href="/wiki/Marie_Antoinette" title="Marie Antoinette">Marie Antoinette</a>, which is now in the <a href="/wiki/Nationalmuseum" title="Nationalmuseum">Nationalmuseum</a> in <a href="/wiki/Stockholm" title="Stockholm">Stockholm</a>. In 1787, he produced his masterpiece <i><a href="/w/index.php?title=Dana%C3%AB_(Wertm%C3%BCller_painting)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Danaë (Wertmüller painting) (page does not exist)">Danaë</a></i>, a work which proved controversial as one of the earliest female nude paintings exhibited in America.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Wertmüller first emigrated to the United States in May 1794 and continued his portrait work, most notably of General <a href="/wiki/George_Washington" title="George Washington">George Washington</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-Wharton_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Wharton-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> but in 1796 was called back to Sweden, eventually returning to <a href="/wiki/Philadelphia" title="Philadelphia">Philadelphia</a> in 1800. Elizabeth B. Johnston, in her book <i>Original Portraits of Washington</i> (Boston, 1882), speaks of five portraits of Washington by Wertmüller, of which one, executed in 1797, was purchased by the U. S. government in 1878, and another is owned by the <a href="/wiki/Historical_Society_of_Pennsylvania" title="Historical Society of Pennsylvania">Historical Society of Pennsylvania</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-appletons_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-appletons-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Wertmüller was married to Elizabeth Henderson, granddaughter of noted early American painter <a href="/wiki/Gustavus_Hesselius" title="Gustavus Hesselius">Gustavus Hesselius</a>, on January 8, 1801, and two years later retired to a plantation in <a href="/wiki/Claymont,_Delaware" title="Claymont, Delaware">Claymont, Delaware</a>, where he lived the final years of his life.<sup id="cite_ref-Conrad_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Conrad-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He died near <a href="/wiki/Marcus_Hook,_Pennsylvania" title="Marcus Hook, Pennsylvania">Marcus Hook, Pennsylvania</a>, aged 60.<sup id="cite_ref-appletons_4-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-appletons-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Evaluation">Evaluation</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Adolf_Ulrik_Wertm%C3%BCller&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Evaluation"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>His article in <i><a href="/wiki/Appletons%27_Cyclop%C3%A6dia_of_American_Biography" title="Appletons' Cyclopædia of American Biography">Appletons' Cyclopædia of American Biography</a></i> says (regarding his portraits of Washington): "Though the work of an excellent artist, they are hardly successful as portraits, for Wertmüller belonged to that ideal French school, which usually sacrificed truth to nature for elegance in execution." It later continues: "He was noted especially for his vivid coloring, 'Danae' being a good example of his powers in that respect."<sup id="cite_ref-appletons_4-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-appletons-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Gallery">Gallery</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Adolf_Ulrik_Wertm%C3%BCller&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Gallery"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul class="gallery mw-gallery-traditional"> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Dana%C3%AB_and_the_Shower_of_Gold_(Adolf_Ulrik_Wertm%C3%BCller)_-_Nationalmuseum_-_18771.tif" class="mw-file-description" title="Danaë receiving Jupiter in a Shower of Gold (1787)"><img alt="Danaë receiving Jupiter in a Shower of Gold (1787)" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b1/Dana%C3%AB_and_the_Shower_of_Gold_%28Adolf_Ulrik_Wertm%C3%BCller%29_-_Nationalmuseum_-_18771.tif/lossy-page1-120px-Dana%C3%AB_and_the_Shower_of_Gold_%28Adolf_Ulrik_Wertm%C3%BCller%29_-_Nationalmuseum_-_18771.tif.jpg" decoding="async" width="120" height="95" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b1/Dana%C3%AB_and_the_Shower_of_Gold_%28Adolf_Ulrik_Wertm%C3%BCller%29_-_Nationalmuseum_-_18771.tif/lossy-page1-180px-Dana%C3%AB_and_the_Shower_of_Gold_%28Adolf_Ulrik_Wertm%C3%BCller%29_-_Nationalmuseum_-_18771.tif.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b1/Dana%C3%AB_and_the_Shower_of_Gold_%28Adolf_Ulrik_Wertm%C3%BCller%29_-_Nationalmuseum_-_18771.tif/lossy-page1-240px-Dana%C3%AB_and_the_Shower_of_Gold_%28Adolf_Ulrik_Wertm%C3%BCller%29_-_Nationalmuseum_-_18771.tif.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3361" data-file-height="2661" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><i><a href="/wiki/Dana%C3%AB" title="Danaë">Danaë</a> receiving <a href="/wiki/Jupiter_(mythology)" class="mw-redirect" title="Jupiter (mythology)">Jupiter</a> in a Shower of Gold</i> (1787)</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Cupid_as_Bacchus_(Adolf_Ulrik_Wertm%C3%BCller)_-_Nationalmuseum_-_18036.tif" class="mw-file-description" title="Cupid as Bacchus (1784)"><img alt="Cupid as Bacchus (1784)" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/13/Cupid_as_Bacchus_%28Adolf_Ulrik_Wertm%C3%BCller%29_-_Nationalmuseum_-_18036.tif/lossy-page1-96px-Cupid_as_Bacchus_%28Adolf_Ulrik_Wertm%C3%BCller%29_-_Nationalmuseum_-_18036.tif.jpg" decoding="async" width="96" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/13/Cupid_as_Bacchus_%28Adolf_Ulrik_Wertm%C3%BCller%29_-_Nationalmuseum_-_18036.tif/lossy-page1-144px-Cupid_as_Bacchus_%28Adolf_Ulrik_Wertm%C3%BCller%29_-_Nationalmuseum_-_18036.tif.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/13/Cupid_as_Bacchus_%28Adolf_Ulrik_Wertm%C3%BCller%29_-_Nationalmuseum_-_18036.tif/lossy-page1-192px-Cupid_as_Bacchus_%28Adolf_Ulrik_Wertm%C3%BCller%29_-_Nationalmuseum_-_18036.tif.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2622" data-file-height="3276" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><i><a href="/wiki/Cupid" title="Cupid">Cupid</a> as <a href="/wiki/Bacchus" class="mw-redirect" title="Bacchus">Bacchus</a></i> (1784)</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Adolf_Ulrik_Wertm%C3%BCller,_Marie-Antoinette_d%27Autriche,_reine_de_France_(1788)_-_002.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Marie Antoinette in a hunting dress (1788)"><img alt="Marie Antoinette in a hunting dress (1788)" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/de/Adolf_Ulrik_Wertm%C3%BCller%2C_Marie-Antoinette_d%27Autriche%2C_reine_de_France_%281788%29_-_002.jpg/98px-Adolf_Ulrik_Wertm%C3%BCller%2C_Marie-Antoinette_d%27Autriche%2C_reine_de_France_%281788%29_-_002.jpg" decoding="async" width="98" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/de/Adolf_Ulrik_Wertm%C3%BCller%2C_Marie-Antoinette_d%27Autriche%2C_reine_de_France_%281788%29_-_002.jpg/147px-Adolf_Ulrik_Wertm%C3%BCller%2C_Marie-Antoinette_d%27Autriche%2C_reine_de_France_%281788%29_-_002.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/de/Adolf_Ulrik_Wertm%C3%BCller%2C_Marie-Antoinette_d%27Autriche%2C_reine_de_France_%281788%29_-_002.jpg/196px-Adolf_Ulrik_Wertm%C3%BCller%2C_Marie-Antoinette_d%27Autriche%2C_reine_de_France_%281788%29_-_002.jpg 2x" data-file-width="750" data-file-height="920" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><i><a href="/wiki/Marie_Antoinette" title="Marie Antoinette">Marie Antoinette</a> in a hunting dress</i> (1788)</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Charlotte_Eckerman_by_Adolf_Ulrik_Wertm%C3%BCller.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Charlotte Eckerman (1784)"><img alt="Charlotte Eckerman (1784)" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ca/Charlotte_Eckerman_by_Adolf_Ulrik_Wertm%C3%BCller.jpg/96px-Charlotte_Eckerman_by_Adolf_Ulrik_Wertm%C3%BCller.jpg" decoding="async" width="96" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ca/Charlotte_Eckerman_by_Adolf_Ulrik_Wertm%C3%BCller.jpg/144px-Charlotte_Eckerman_by_Adolf_Ulrik_Wertm%C3%BCller.jpg 1.5x, 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srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7c/Adolf_Ulrik_Wertm%C3%BCller%2C_Portrait_of_Jean-Jacques_Caffieri_%281784%29.jpg/132px-Adolf_Ulrik_Wertm%C3%BCller%2C_Portrait_of_Jean-Jacques_Caffieri_%281784%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7c/Adolf_Ulrik_Wertm%C3%BCller%2C_Portrait_of_Jean-Jacques_Caffieri_%281784%29.jpg/177px-Adolf_Ulrik_Wertm%C3%BCller%2C_Portrait_of_Jean-Jacques_Caffieri_%281784%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="736" data-file-height="1000" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><i><a href="/wiki/Jean-Jacques_Caffieri" title="Jean-Jacques Caffieri">Jean-Jacques Caffieri</a></i> (1784)</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Queen_Marie_Antoinette_of_France_and_two_of_her_Children_Walking_in_The_Park_of_Trianon_-_Nationalmuseum_-_18035.tif" class="mw-file-description" title="Marie Antoinette with two of her children (1785)"><img alt="Marie Antoinette with two of her children (1785)" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ef/Queen_Marie_Antoinette_of_France_and_two_of_her_Children_Walking_in_The_Park_of_Trianon_-_Nationalmuseum_-_18035.tif/lossy-page1-85px-Queen_Marie_Antoinette_of_France_and_two_of_her_Children_Walking_in_The_Park_of_Trianon_-_Nationalmuseum_-_18035.tif.jpg" decoding="async" width="85" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ef/Queen_Marie_Antoinette_of_France_and_two_of_her_Children_Walking_in_The_Park_of_Trianon_-_Nationalmuseum_-_18035.tif/lossy-page1-128px-Queen_Marie_Antoinette_of_France_and_two_of_her_Children_Walking_in_The_Park_of_Trianon_-_Nationalmuseum_-_18035.tif.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ef/Queen_Marie_Antoinette_of_France_and_two_of_her_Children_Walking_in_The_Park_of_Trianon_-_Nationalmuseum_-_18035.tif/lossy-page1-170px-Queen_Marie_Antoinette_of_France_and_two_of_her_Children_Walking_in_The_Park_of_Trianon_-_Nationalmuseum_-_18035.tif.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3262" data-file-height="4588" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><i>Marie Antoinette with two of her children</i> (1785)</div> </li> </ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Adolf_Ulrik_Wertm%C3%BCller&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output 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