Maurice Quentin de La Tour

Maurice Quentin de La Tour
Self-portrait with Lace Jabot (c. 1751)
Born
Maurice-Quentin Delatour

(1704-09-05)5 September 1704
Saint-Quentin, Picardy, Kingdom of France
Died17 February 1788(1788-02-17) (aged 83)
Saint-Quentin, Picardy, Kingdom of France
Known forPastel

Maurice Quentin de La Tour (French pronunciation: [mɔʁis kɑ̃tɛ̃ də la tuʁ]; 5 September 1704 – 17 February 1788) 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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