 His early portraits are painted in bright, cool colours, and show the influence of Jean-Marc Nattier and Hyacinthe Rigaud.Around the 1760s he started using daring colouring in his paintings, such as in the portrait of his wife, "Lady with Veil" (1768), and the (1769).Roslin had great technical skill in painting the surfaces and texture of precious materials such as fabrics and jewels, but was also adept at capturing his sitters at their best.