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Carl Frederik von Breda

1759 - 1818

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Carl Frederik von Breda (16 August 1759 – 1 December 1818) was a Swedish painter who studied in and spent much of his career in Britain before becoming painter to the Swedish court. He was born in Stockholm in 1759, and moved to Britain where he was a student of Joshua Reynolds. Breda specialized in painting portraits and was called "the van Dyck of Sweden". Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Carl Frederik von Breda has received more than 45,690 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia. Carl Frederik von Breda is the 1,779th most popular painter, the 795th most popular biography from Sweden and the 28th most popular Swedish Painter.

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Among PAINTERS

Among painters, Carl Frederik von Breda ranks 1,779 out of 2,023. Before him are Martin Benka, Paul McCarthy, Boris Grigoriev, Jacoba van Heemskerck, Charley Toorop, and Kay Sage. After him are Ilka Gedő, Zygmunt Ajdukiewicz, Mikayil Abdullayev, Pipilotti Rist, Zofia Stryjeńska, and Charles Sheeler.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1759, Carl Frederik von Breda ranks 39. Before him are Franz de Paula Adam von Waldstein, Josepha Weber, Cornelio Saavedra, August Wilhelm Iffland, Andrey Voronikhin, and Louis Augustin Guillaume Bosc. After him are Thomas Andrew Knight, William Kirby, Dean Mahomed, and Daniel Beale. Among people deceased in 1818, Carl Frederik von Breda ranks 41. Before him are Ivan Kulibin, Martha Christina Tiahahu, Joachim Heinrich Campe, Johann David Wyss, Henry Lee III, and Jean Baptiste Point du Sable. After him are Louis Augustus Karl Frederick Emil, Duke of Anhalt-Köthen, Arthur St. Clair, and George Rogers Clark.

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In Sweden

Among people born in Sweden, Carl Frederik von Breda ranks 795 out of 1,879. Before him are Kee Marcello (1960), Nils Karlsson (1917), Konrad Granström (1900), Elena Paparizou (1982), Gustaf Söderström (1865), and Gösta Lilliehöök (1884). After him are Ragnar Östberg (1866), Gertrud Adelborg (1853), Åge Lundström (1890), Johan Jarlén (1880), Lea Ahlborn (1826), and Jonas Åkerlund (1965).

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Among PAINTERS In Sweden

Among painters born in Sweden, Carl Frederik von Breda ranks 28. Before him are Nils Dardel (1888), Karin Bergöö Larsson (1859), Ulrika Pasch (1735), August Malmström (1829), Jeanna Bauck (1840), and Hanna Pauli (1864). After him are Maria Röhl (1801), and Leonel Maciel (1939).

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