
Jean Etienne Liotard Painting Reproductions Gallery 1 of 1
1702-1789Swiss Rococo Painter
Jean-Étienne Liotard (born 1702 at Geneva; died 1789 in Paris) was a Swiss painter.
He began his studies under Professor Gardelle and Petitot, whose enamels and miniatures he copied with considerable skill, He went to Paris in 1725, studying under J. B. Masse and F. le i~Ioyne, on whose recommendation he was taken to Naples by the Marquis Puysieux. In 1735 he was in Rome, painting the portraits of Pope Clement XII and several cardinals. Three years later he accompanied Lord Duncannon to Constantinople, whence he went to Vienna in 1742 to paint the portraits of the imperial family. His eccentric adoption of oriental costume secured him the nickname of the Turkish painter. Stil under distinguished patronage he returned to Paris. In 1744 he visited England, where he painted the princess of Wales in 1753, and went to Holland in 1756, where, in the following year, he married Marie Fargues. Another visit to England followed in 1772, and in the next two years his name figures among the Royal Academy exhibitors. He returned to his native town in 1776 and died at Geneva in 1789.
Liotard was an artist of great versatility, and though his fame depends largely on his graceful and delicate pastel drawings, of which La Liseuse, the Chocolate Girl, and La Belle Lyonnaise at the Dresden Gallery are delightful examples, he achieved distinction by his enamels, copperplate engravings and glass painting. He also wrote a Treatise on the Art of Painting, and was an expert collector of paintings by the old masters. Many of the masterpieces he had acquired were sold by him at high prices on his second visit to England. The museums of Amsterdam, Berne, and Geneva are particularly rich in examples of his paintings and pastel drawings. A picture of a Turk seated is at the Victoria and Albert Museum, while the British Museum owns two of his drawings. The Louvre has, besides twenty-two drawings, a portrait of General Hrault and a portrait of the artist is to be found at the Sala dci pittori, in the Uffizi Gallery, Florence.
17 Paintings of Jean Etienne Liotard
Detroit Institute of Arts Michigan USA
Portrait of Marie-Rose de Larlan de Kercadio de ...
$669
J. Paul Getty Museum Los Angeles USA
Portrait of Maria Frederike van Reede-Athlone at Seven
$625
$54.21
Frick Collection New York USA
Trompe l'Oeil
$683
$47.90
Oskar Reinhart Museum Winterthur Switzerland
Portrait of Marie-Justine-Benoite Favart-Duronceray
$677
Oskar Reinhart Museum Winterthur Switzerland
Portrait of Isaac-Louis de Thellusson
$669
Oskar Reinhart Museum Winterthur Switzerland
Portrait of Julie de Thellusson-Ployard
$693
$55.06
Louvre Museum Paris France
Portrait of M. Levett and of Mlle Glavany Seated ...
$791
Musee d'Arte et d'Histoire Geneve Switzerland
Portrait of Mary Gunning Countess of Coventry
$669
Musee d'Arte et d'Histoire Geneve Switzerland
Girl in Turkish Costume with Tambourine
$625
Galleria degli Uffizi Florence Italy
Self Portrait
$594
Rijksmuseum Amsterdam Netherlands
Portrait of Mary Gunning Countess of Coventry in ...
$782
$50.09
Rijksmuseum Amsterdam Netherlands
Landscape with Cows
$526
$43.91
Rijksmuseum Amsterdam Netherlands
Portrait of Maria Theresia
$669
Rijksmuseum Amsterdam Netherlands
Portrait of Marie Josephe van Saksen dauphine van ...
$586
$43.91
Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Dresden Germany
Self Portrait
$552
Private Collection
Portrait of Princess Sophie of France
$594