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See also:JEAN See also:ETIENNE See also:LIOTARD (1702—1789)
, See also:French painter, was See also:born at See also:Geneva
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He began his studies under See also:Professor Gardelle and See also:Petitot, whose enamels and miniatures he copied with considerable skill
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He went to See also:Paris in 1725, studying under J
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Masse and F. le Moyne, on whose recommendation he was taken to See also:Naples by the See also:Marquis Puysieux
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In 1735 he was in See also:Rome, See also:painting the portraits of See also:Pope See also:Clement XII. and several cardinals
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'Three years later he accompanied See also:Lord Duncannon to See also:Constantinople, whence he went to See also:Vienna in 1742 to paint the portraits of the imperial See also:family
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His See also:eccentric See also:adoption of See also:oriental See also:costume secured him the See also:nickname of " the See also:Turkish painter." Stil under distinguished patronage he returned to Paris 1744 visited :'::gland, where he painted the princess of See also:Wales in 1753, See also:ant, went to See also: Many of the masterpieces he had acquired were sold by him at high prices on his second visit to England . The museums of See also:Amsterdam, Berne, and Geneva are particularly See also:rich in examples of his paintings and pastel drawings . A picture of a Turk seated is at the See also:Victoria and See also:Albert Museum, while the See also:British Museum owns two of his drawings . The Louvre has, besides twenty-twodrawings, a portrait of See also:General See also:Herault and a portrait of the artist is to be found at the See also:Sala dei pittori, in the Uffizi Gallery, See also:Florence . See La See also:Vie et See also:les oeuvres de See also:Jean See also:Etienne Liotard (1702-1789), etude biographique et iconographique, by E . See also:Humbert, A . Revilliod, and J . W . R . Tilanus (Amsterdam, 1897) . |
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