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His \"Danaë receiving Jupiter in a Shower of Gold\" (1787) exemplifies his approach to mythological subjects, blending idealized figuration with controlled chiaroscuro. The work’s exhibition in Philadelphia in 1795 as an early female nude sparked controversy. His portraits, such as the 1785 depiction of Marie Antoinette (now in the Nationalmuseum, Stockholm), reveal a sensitivity to aristocratic patronage while adhering to \u003ca class=\"artist-bio-link\" href=\"\/collections\/rococo-neoclassicism\"\u003eneoclassical\u003c\/a\u003e compositional rigor.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eWertmüller’s later career in the United States positioned him among the first European-trained artists to establish a practice in the early Republic. His 1797 portrait of George Washington, acquired by the U.S. government, contributed to the iconography of national identity. Though his American output remained rooted in \u003ca class=\"artist-bio-link\" href=\"\/collections\/academic-classicism\"\u003eacademic classicism\u003c\/a\u003e, his transatlantic mobility prefigured exchanges between European and American art institutions in the nineteenth century. His retirement to a Delaware plantation in 1803 ended his public commissions, though his influence persisted in the work of later portraitists.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cscript type=\"application\/ld+json\"\u003e{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@type\":\"Person\",\"name\":\"Adolf Ulrik Wertmüller\",\"birthDate\":\"1751-01-01\",\"deathDate\":\"1811-01-01\",\"nationality\":\"Swedish\",\"jobTitle\":\"painter\",\"description\":\"Adolf Ulrik Wertmüller (1751–1811) was a Swedish painter trained at the Royal Swedish Academy of Arts in Stockholm before relocating to Paris in 1772 to study under his cousin Alexander Roslin and Joseph-Marie Vien. 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