LinnaeusWeddingPortrait.jpg - Wikipedia

Summary

Johan Henrik Scheffel : Portrait of Carl Linnaeus (1707-1778) (

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Artist



Alternative names	Johan Henric Scheffel
Description	Swedish portrait painter
Date of birth/death	9 April 1690	21 December 1781
Location of birth/death	Wismar	Västerås domkyrkoförsamling
Authority file	: Q1835440 VIAF : 67518187 ISNI : 0000000073288536 ULAN : 500021476 LCCN : no2009194161 GND : 128420685 WorldCat

Title

Portrait of Carl Linnaeus (1707-1778)

Description

"The 32-year-old Linnaeus in his wedding finery. Oil painting by J. H. Scheffel, 1739."

Date

1739

Medium

oil

Collection

Uppsala University Library

	Native name	Uppsala universitetsbibliotek
	Parent institution	Uppsala University
	Location	Carolina Rediviva, Dag Hammarskjölds väg 1
	Coordinates	59° 51′ 17.94″ N, 17° 37′ 52.05″ E
	Established	1620
	Website	www.ub.uu.se
	Authority file	: Q2901382 VIAF : 139714542 ISNI : 0000000121698936 ULAN : 500312109 LCCN : n50060405 GND : 1010735-6 WorldCat

Notes

As per: Broberg, Gunnar (2006) Carl Linnaeus , Stockholm : Swedish Institute ISBN : 9152009122 .

Source/Photographer

Photograph taken by Mark A. Wilson (Department of Geology, The College of Wooster).

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