Jakob Björck [SEP] date of death
Jakob Björck
Jakob Björck, (1727 or 28 -20/2 1793 in Stockholm), was a Swedish portrait painter and copyist.
Biography.
In the early stages of his career, Björck is reported to have been a pupil of Johan Henrik Scheffel, however this is uncertain. Between 1750 and 1774 he worked in the studio of pastel painter Gustav Lundberg. In 1774, Björck married Cicilia Branch (1723 or 24 - 1811).
In Lundberg's studio 1750-1774 Copies of the oil after Lundberg's pastels
the 1720s. By Tessin portraits are ten copies recorded in Swedish Portrait Archive. All have been attributed to Jakob Björck. The same applies to four copies of his wife's portrait, which apparently ordered on another occasion.
Björck copied also in pastel, but some works that can be safely attributed to him is not known. When he finished his service with Lundberg thanked him with a small cabinet with pastels and a collection of copper in recognition of "24 years of faithful service ".
On its own after 1774