Préparation for a Portrait of Louis XV (1710-1774)
Maurice Quentin de La TourWW-1745-T005900
Catalogue
- Year
- 1745
- Medium
- paper
- Collection
- The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Artist
Maurice Quentin de La Tour
Painting
Maurice Quentin de La Tour was a French painter who specialised in portrait painting using pastels in the Rococo style. Among his most famous subjects were Voltaire, Jean-Jacques Rousseau, Louis XV, and Madame de Pompadour.
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- The Metropolitan Museum of Art
- Source
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- Reference
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