LIOTARD, JEAN ETIENNE (17021789)

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LIOTARD, JEAN ETIENNE (17021789) , French painter, was born at Geneva. 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 Moyne, on whose recommendation he was taken to Naples by the Marquis Puysieux. In 1735 he was in Rome,

painting

PAINTING

the portraits of

Pope

Clement XII. and several cardinals. 'Three years later he accompanied Lord Duncannon to

Constantinople

CONSTANTINOPLE
CONSTANTINOPLE, COUNCILS OF

, 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 1744 visited :'::gland, where he painted the princess of Wales in 1753, ant, 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

ACADEMY, GREEK
ACADEMY, ROYAL

exhibitors. He returned to his native town in 1776 and died at Geneva in 1789.
Liotard was an artist of

great

GREAT

versatility, and though his fame depends largely on his graceful and delicate pastel drawings, of which " La Liseuse," the "

Chocolate

CHOCOLATE

Girl," and " La Belle Lyonnaise " at the Dresden Gallery are delightful examples, he achieved distinction by his enamels, copperplate engravings and glass

painting

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

AMSTERDAM
AMSTERDAM (NEw 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-twodrawings, a portrait of General Herault and a portrait of the artist is to be found at the Sala dei pittori, in the Uffizi Gallery, Florence.
See La Vie et les oeuvres de Jean

Etienne

ETIENNE, CHARLES GUILLAUME (1778-1845)

Liotard (1702-1789), etude biographique et iconographique, by E.

Humbert

HUMBERT, RANIERI CARLO EMANUELE GIOVANNI MARIA FERDINANDO EUGENIO, KING OF ITALY (1844-1900)

, A. Revilliod, and J. W. R. Tilanus (

Amsterdam

AMSTERDAM
AMSTERDAM (NEw AMSTERDAM)

, 1897).

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