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Jean-Étienne Liotard (1702 – 1789)

• Was a Swiss painter, art connoisseur and dealer.
• He is best known for his portraits in pastel, and for the works from his trip to Turkey.
• He was born and died in Geneva.
• He went to Paris in 1725, studying under Jean-Baptiste Massé and François Lemoyne.
• Liotard spent most of his career in stays in the capitals of Europe, where his portraits were much in demand.
• He worked in Rome, Istanbul, Paris, Vienna, London and other cities.
• His eccentric adoption of oriental costume secured him the nickname of the Turkish painter.
• The displayed painting is a crop from: Jean-Étienne Liotard, Portrait of John, Lord Mountstuart, later 4th Earl and 1st Marquess of Bute, 1763.
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Jean-Étienne Liotard, Apollo and Daphne, after Lorenzo Bernini’s Marble Group in the Galleria Borghese, Rome, 1736

Original, Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Visited in 2018.

Jean-Étienne Liotard, Apollo and Daphne, after Lorenzo Bernini’s Marble Group in the Galleria Borghese, Rome, 1736

Jean-Étienne Liotard, The Three Graces, after the Antique Marble Group in the Galleria Borghese, Rome, 1737

Original, Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Visited in 2018.

Jean-Étienne Liotard, The Three Graces, after the Antique Marble Group in the Galleria Borghese, Rome, 1737

Jean-Etienne Liotard after Titian, Sleeping Nymph Spied upon by Satyrs, 1756 - 1788

Original, Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Visited in 2018.

Jean-Etienne Liotard after Titian, Sleeping Nymph Spied upon by Satyrs, 1756 - 1788

Jean-Etienne Liotard, Marie Fargues, the Painter’s Wife, 1756 - 1758

Original, Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Visited in 2018.

Jean-Etienne Liotard, Marie Fargues, the Painter’s Wife, 1756 - 1758

Jean-Etienne Liotard, Dutch Girl at Breakfast, c. 1756

Original, Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Visited in 2018.

Jean-Etienne Liotard, Dutch Girl at Breakfast, c. 1756

Jean-Etienne Liotard, The Artist’s Niece, Marianne Lavergne, Known as ‘La Liseuse’, 1746

Original, Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Visited in 2018.

Jean-Etienne Liotard, The Artist’s Niece, Marianne Lavergne, Known as ‘La Liseuse’, 1746

Jean-Etienne Liotard, Portrait of Marthe Marie Tronchin, 1758-61

Original, Art Institute of Chicago. Visited in 2018.

Jean-Etienne Liotard, Portrait of Marthe Marie Tronchin, 1758-61

Jean-Etienne Liotard, Portrait of John, Lord Mountstuart, later 4th Earl and 1st Marquess of Bute, 1763

Original, J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles. Visited in 2018.

Jean-Etienne Liotard, Portrait of John, Lord Mountstuart, later 4th Earl and 1st Marquess of Bute, 1763

Jean-Etienne Liotard, Still Life: Tea Set, about 1781–1783

Original, J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles. Visited in 2018.

Jean-Etienne Liotard, Still Life: Tea Set, about 1781–1783

Jean-Etienne Liotard, The Breakfast, ca. 1754

Original, The Pinakotheken, Munich. Visited in 2019.

Jean-Etienne Liotard, The Breakfast, ca. 1754