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Passionate Customer Service Museum Quality Art Prints Customization Options AvailableJean-Étienne Liotard was an eccentric painter who, in addition to his appearance, became famous for his portraits in pastel. His family were French Protestants who had to leave France in 1685 and flee to Geneva. His first teachers were Daniel Gardelle and Jean Louis Petitot. From 1725 he went to Paris, where he continued his studies under the instruction of Jean-Baptiste Massé and François Lemoyne. On the recommendation of his teachers Liotard was allowed to travel to Naples with the Marquis of Puysieux. About 10 years later he was allowed to portray Pope Clement XII and some of his cardinals in Rome. Some years later he was invited by the British Lord Duncannon to accompany him to Constantinople. Altogether Liotard stayed for five years in the capital of the Ottoman Empire and produced numerous portraits and scenes of everyday life. Since it was so recommended to the Western European travellers at that time, Liotard also dressed like the local population. He retained this style of dress even after his return from Constantinople. This rather unusual appearance earned him the nickname of the Turkish painter.
Around 1643 Liotard went to Vienna and painted various portraits of the imperial family around Empress Maria Theresa. In the years that followed he travelled a lot and was a much sought-after portraitist for various noble houses. He painted Marie Antoinette, the Empress of Russia or the Prince and Princess of Wales, among others. At that time, many people, whether or not they were ever outside Europe, liked to be portrayed in the exotic-looking Turkish costumes. Liotard was able to offer such services well because of his longer stay in the country. For example, he painted Madame Pompadur, Marie Adelaide von Franken or the philosopher Jean Jacques Rousseau in oriental dress. Another striking feature of Liotard's portraits was that he always depicted his models with a light smile. This was rather unusual at that time, as many artists chose a neutral to serious facial expression. In this way Liotard showed his closeness to the views of the Enlightenment.
In Holland Liotard married Marie Fargues, the daughter of a merchant of Huguenot descent, in 1757. At her request, he finally shaved off his full beard, which he had allowed to grow for many years in the manner of the Ottoman tradition. From 1758 on, they finally settled in Geneva. Liotard, however, undertook repeated trips to various European metropolises. In his later years he painted, inspired by Jean Simeon Chardin, various still lifes and landscape scenes. In 1781, at the age of 79, he published a treatise on the principles and rules of painting. Among other things, he explained that, in his opinion, painting should be a mirror of nature.
Jean-Étienne Liotard was an eccentric painter who, in addition to his appearance, became famous for his portraits in pastel. His family were French Protestants who had to leave France in 1685 and flee to Geneva. His first teachers were Daniel Gardelle and Jean Louis Petitot. From 1725 he went to Paris, where he continued his studies under the instruction of Jean-Baptiste Massé and François Lemoyne. On the recommendation of his teachers Liotard was allowed to travel to Naples with the Marquis of Puysieux. About 10 years later he was allowed to portray Pope Clement XII and some of his cardinals in Rome. Some years later he was invited by the British Lord Duncannon to accompany him to Constantinople. Altogether Liotard stayed for five years in the capital of the Ottoman Empire and produced numerous portraits and scenes of everyday life. Since it was so recommended to the Western European travellers at that time, Liotard also dressed like the local population. He retained this style of dress even after his return from Constantinople. This rather unusual appearance earned him the nickname of the Turkish painter.
Around 1643 Liotard went to Vienna and painted various portraits of the imperial family around Empress Maria Theresa. In the years that followed he travelled a lot and was a much sought-after portraitist for various noble houses. He painted Marie Antoinette, the Empress of Russia or the Prince and Princess of Wales, among others. At that time, many people, whether or not they were ever outside Europe, liked to be portrayed in the exotic-looking Turkish costumes. Liotard was able to offer such services well because of his longer stay in the country. For example, he painted Madame Pompadur, Marie Adelaide von Franken or the philosopher Jean Jacques Rousseau in oriental dress. Another striking feature of Liotard's portraits was that he always depicted his models with a light smile. This was rather unusual at that time, as many artists chose a neutral to serious facial expression. In this way Liotard showed his closeness to the views of the Enlightenment.
In Holland Liotard married Marie Fargues, the daughter of a merchant of Huguenot descent, in 1757. At her request, he finally shaved off his full beard, which he had allowed to grow for many years in the manner of the Ottoman tradition. From 1758 on, they finally settled in Geneva. Liotard, however, undertook repeated trips to various European metropolises. In his later years he painted, inspired by Jean Simeon Chardin, various still lifes and landscape scenes. In 1781, at the age of 79, he published a treatise on the principles and rules of painting. Among other things, he explained that, in his opinion, painting should be a mirror of nature.
 - (MeisterDrucke-131267).jpg "Portrait of Marie Fargues, wife of the artist in Turkish costume by Jean Étienne Liotard")
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.jpg "Portrait of Count Wenzel Anton Kaunitz by Jean Étienne Liotard")
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.jpg "Portrait of Madame Saint-Pol, Half-Length, in a Light Blue Dress Adorned with Blue and White Silk Bows and Lace by Jean Étienne Liotard")
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.jpg "Portrait of Empress Maria Theresia of Austria by Jean Étienne Liotard")
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.jpg "Marie Fargues, the Painter’s Wife in Turkish Costume by Jean Étienne Liotard")
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 daughter of Emperor Francis I and Maria Theresa of Austria wife of Louis XVI of France 1762 - (MeisterDrucke-80242).jpg "Marie Antoinette, 1762 by Jean Étienne Liotard")
 daughter of Emperor Francis I and Maria Theresa of Austria wife of Louis XVI of France 1762 - (MeisterDrucke-80242).jpg)
.jpg "Sleeping Nymph Spied upon by Satyrs by Jean Étienne Liotard")
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_Holy_Roman_Emperor_and_King_of_Germany_1762_-_(MeisterDrucke-70952).jpg "Joseph II (1741-90) Holy Roman Emperor and King of Germany, 1762 by Jean Étienne Liotard")
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.jpg "Young Marie Antoinette by Jean Étienne Liotard")
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.jpg "Portrait of a Young Woman by Jean Étienne Liotard")
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_Holy_Roman_Emperor_-_(MeisterDrucke-108470).jpg "Maria Josepha of Bavaria second wife of Joseph II Holy Roman Emperor by Jean Étienne Liotard")
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.jpg "Tea Set by Jean Étienne Liotard")
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 Holy Roman Emperor father of Empress Maria Theresa of Austria (1717-80) 1762 (posthumous portrait) - (MeisterDrucke-63652).jpg "Charles VI Holy Roman Emperor, Father of Empress Maria Theresa of Austria, 1762 (posthumous portrait) by Jean Étienne Liotard")
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.jpg "The Three Graces, after the Antique Marble Group in the Galleria Borghese, Rome by Jean Étienne Liotard")
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.jpg "A Lady Pouring Chocolate (La Chocolatière) by Jean Étienne Liotard")
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.jpg "Marie-Rose de Larlan de Kercadio de Rochefort by Jean Étienne Liotard")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-559297).jpg "Elizabeth Christine of Braunschweig-Wolfenbuettel Empress of Germany (1691-1750) wife of Holy Roman Emperor Charles VI (1685-1740) by Jean Étienne Liotard")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-390286).jpg "Still Life: Tea Set by Jean Étienne Liotard")
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.jpg "Infanta Maria Ludovica, daughter of Charles III of Spain and wife of Leopold II (1747-92) Holy Roman Emperor and grand-duke of Tuscany by Jean Étienne Liotard")
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.jpg "Dutch Girl at Breakfast by Jean Étienne Liotard")
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.jpg "Orientalism: Franco lady clothed with the Turkish and her slave. The two women wear wooden platforms used in the hammam by Jean Étienne Liotard")
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.jpg "The Three Graces by Jean Étienne Liotard")
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.jpg "Maria Josepha of Saxony, Dauphine of France by Jean Étienne Liotard")
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.jpg "Portrait of Maria Adelaide of France Dressed in Turkish Costume by Jean Étienne Liotard")
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.jpg "Portrait of the Singer Mademoiselle Louise Jacquet by Jean Étienne Liotard")
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 - (MeisterDrucke-120231).jpg "La Liseuse by Jean Étienne Liotard")
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.jpg "Portrait of Archduchess Maria Antonia of Austria by Jean Étienne Liotard")
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.jpg "Apollo and Daphne, after the sculpture by Gianlorenzo Bernini in the Borghese collection in Rome by Jean Étienne Liotard")
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.jpg "Portrait of Maria Theresa, Archduchess of Austria, Queen of Hungary and Bohemia, and Holy Roman Empress by Jean Étienne Liotard")
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.jpg "Cup of Chocolate by Jean Étienne Liotard")
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.jpg "Maria Adelaide of France in Turkish Costume, 1753 by Jean Étienne Liotard")
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_Holy_Roman_Emperor_and_Grand-duke_of_Tuscany_1762_-_(MeisterDrucke-36801).jpg "Leopold II, Holy Roman Emperor and Grand-duke of Tuscany, 1762 by Jean Étienne Liotard")
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_aartshertogin_van_Oostenrijk_koningin_va_-_(MeisterDrucke-1393841).jpg "Maria Theresia of Austria (1717-80), Archduchess of Austria, Queen of Hungary and Bohemia, Holy Roman Empress by Jean Étienne Liotard")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-905236).jpg "A Dutch Girl at Breakfast, c.1756 by Jean Étienne Liotard")
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_176_-_(MeisterDrucke-64141).jpg "Maria Isabella of Parma, First Wife of Joseph II Holy Roman Emperor by Jean Étienne Liotard")
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 daughter of Emperor Francis I (1708-65) and Empress Maria Theresa of Austria (1717-80) 1762 - (MeisterDrucke-124890).jpg "Archduchess Maria Anna")
 daughter of Emperor Francis I (1708-65) and Empress Maria Theresa of Austria (1717-80) 1762 - (MeisterDrucke-124890).jpg)
 daughter of Francis I and Maria Theresa of Austria 1762 - (MeisterDrucke-132037).jpg "Archduchess Maria Elisabeth (1743-1808), Daughter of Francis I and Maria Theresa of Austria, 1762 by Jean Étienne Liotard")
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 1749 - (MeisterDrucke-266450).jpg "Portrait of Maria Gunning, 1749 by Jean Étienne Liotard")
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.jpg "Apollo and Daphne by Jean Étienne Liotard")
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 daughter of Francis I and Empress Maria Theresa of Austria 1762 - (MeisterDrucke-119924).jpg "Archduchess Maria Josepha, Daughter of Francis I and Empress Maria Theresa of Austria, 1762 by Jean Étienne Liotard")
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.jpg "Louis de Bourbon, Dauphin of France, 1749-50 by Jean Étienne Liotard")
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 son of Emperor Francis I (1708-65) and Empress Maria Theresa of Austria (1717-80) 1762 - (MeisterDrucke-118873).jpg "Archduke Karl Joseph, son of Emperor Francis I and Empress Maria Theresa of Austria by Jean Étienne Liotard")
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 - (MeisterDrucke-39573).jpg "Frankish Woman from Pera, Constantinople by Jean Étienne Liotard")
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.jpg "Portrait of Empress Maria Theresia of Austria by Jean Étienne Liotard")
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.jpg "Still Life: Tea Service by Jean Étienne Liotard")
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.jpg "The Sultan")
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.jpg "Portrait of Marie Adélaïde of France by Jean Étienne Liotard")
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.jpg "Lady Ann Somerset, Countess of Northampton by Jean Étienne Liotard")
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.jpg "Portrait of Maurice de Saxe, Marshal of France, 1748 by Jean Étienne Liotard")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-912219).jpg "Portrait of Empress Maria Teresa of Austria by Jean Étienne Liotard")
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.jpg "Portrait of Maria Theresa, Sovereign of Austria, Hungary and Bohemia, in 1762 by Jean Étienne Liotard")
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 (pastel on paper) - (MeisterDrucke-192494).jpg "Portrait of the Empress Maria Theresa (pastel on paper) by Jean Étienne Liotard")
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.jpg "Self Portrait Smiling, c.1770-73 by Jean Étienne Liotard")
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.jpg "Portrait of Archduchess Maria Anna of Austria by Jean Étienne Liotard")
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.jpg "Woman in Turkish Dress by Jean Étienne Liotard")
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 daughter of Emperor Francis I (1708-65) and Empress Maria Theresa of Austria (1717-80) 1762 - (MeisterDrucke-127865).jpg "Archduchess Maria Amalia, Daughter of Emperor Francis I and Empress Maria Theresa of Austria by Jean Étienne Liotard")
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.jpg "Jean Etienne Liotard, the artist")
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_Penci_-_(MeisterDrucke-1313499).jpg "Marie Antoinette, Archduchess of Austria by Jean Étienne Liotard")
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.jpg "Laura Tarsi,")
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.jpg "Portrait of Empress Maria Theresa of Austria by Jean Étienne Liotard")
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.jpg "Portrait of Archduchess Maria Elisabeth of Austria by Jean Étienne Liotard")
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.jpg "Portrait of Maria Frederike van Reede-Athlone at Seven Years of Age by Jean Étienne Liotard")
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.jpg "Portrait of Lady Charles Spencer by Jean Étienne Liotard")
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.jpg "La Belle Liseus: Portrait of Miss Susanna Lewis, Seated, in the Costume of a Lyonnaise Peasant by Jean Étienne Liotard")
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.jpg "Old Woman by Jean Étienne Liotard")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-592699).jpg "Portrait of Prince Friedrich von Sachsen-Gotha-Altenburg by Jean Étienne Liotard")
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 - (MeisterDrucke-276692).jpg "Self Portrait, 1744 by Jean Étienne Liotard")
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.jpg "Maria Josepha of Saxony, Dauphine of France by Jean Étienne Liotard")
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 - (MeisterDrucke-80341).jpg "Maria Theresa, Empress of Austria, 1762 by Jean Étienne Liotard")
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.jpg "Sleeping Nymph Spied upon by Satyrs by Jean Étienne Liotard")
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.jpg "A Woman in Turkish Costume in a Hamam Instructing her Servant by Jean Étienne Liotard")
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.jpg "Portrait of John, Lord Mountstuart, later 4th Earl and 1st Marquess of Bute by Jean Étienne Liotard")
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.jpg "Portrait of James Hamilton, 2nd Earl of Clanbrassil, Half Length, in a Red Coat, Seated in a Mahogany Chair, His Profile Cast in Shadows on the Wall Behind by Jean Étienne Liotard")
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.jpg "Portrait of Archduchess Maria Amalia of Austria by Jean Étienne Liotard")
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.jpg "Turkish Woman with a Tambourine by Jean Étienne Liotard")
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.jpg "Monsieur Levett and Mademoiselle Helene Glavany in Turkish Costumes by Jean Étienne Liotard")
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.jpg "Portrait of Marie Josèphe of Saxony by Jean Étienne Liotard")
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 - (MeisterDrucke-108265).jpg "Children blowing bubbles by Jean Étienne Liotard")
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.jpg "The Fourth Earl of Sandwich by Jean Étienne Liotard")
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.jpg "The Artist’s Niece, Marianne Lavergne, Known as")
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_later_aarts_-_(MeisterDrucke-1391234).jpg "Portrait of Archduke Maximilian Franz of Austria (1756-1801), Later Archbishop and Elector of Cologne and Prince-Bishop of Münster by Jean Étienne Liotard")
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.jpg "Duke Albert of Sachsen-Teschen by Jean Étienne Liotard")
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.jpg "Portrait of Archduchess Maria Christina of Austria by Jean Étienne Liotard")
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.jpg "Still Life with Pears, Figs, Prunes, Bread Roll and Knife on Table by Jean Étienne Liotard")
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.jpg "Portrait of Archduchess Maria Josepha of Austria by Jean Étienne Liotard")
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.jpg "Presumed Portrait of Laura Tarsi in Turkish Dress by Jean Étienne Liotard")
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.jpg "Portrait of Empress Maria Theresia of Austria by Jean Étienne Liotard")
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.jpg "A Frankish Woman and Her Servant by Jean Étienne Liotard")
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.jpg "Clara Magdalena Dedel by Jean Étienne Liotard")
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_Holy_Roman_Emperor_1762_-_(MeisterDrucke-559296).jpg "Francis I (1708-65) Holy Roman Emperor by Jean Étienne Liotard")
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.jpg "Apollo and Daphne, after Lorenzo Bernini’s Marble Group in the Galleria Borghese, Rome by Jean Étienne Liotard")
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.jpg "Count Francesco Algarotti by Jean Étienne Liotard")
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.jpg "Portrait of Marie Fargues, Wife of the Artist, in Turkish Costume by Jean Étienne Liotard")
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.jpg "Portrait of Grace, Countess of Clanbrassil, nee Foley, Half Length, in a Blue Dress, Seated at a Table, Her Hands Crossed, 1774 by Jean Étienne Liotard")
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.jpg "Portrait of Archduke Peter Leopold of Austria by Jean Étienne Liotard")
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.jpg "Maria Frederike van Reede-Athlone at Seven, 1755-1756 by Jean Étienne Liotard")
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.jpg "The Chocolate Girl (La Belle Chocolatière de Vienne) by Jean Étienne Liotard")
_Um_1745_-_(MeisterDrucke-802365).jpg "The Chocolate Girl. c1745 by Jean Étienne Liotard")
 - (MeisterDrucke-66444).jpg "Portrait of Mary Gunning, Countess of Coventry by Jean Étienne Liotard")
.jpg "Maria Adelaide of France in Turkish Costume, 1753 by Jean Étienne Liotard")