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Jean Etienne Liotard Art Print Dutch Child Framed

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Jean Etienne Liotard Art Print Dutch Child Framed
Paintings of children had become popular in Europe in the 18th century when this artwork was done. This is a print of the original pastel portrait portraing a daughter of an aristocratic Dutch family. * Artist: Jean Etienne LiotardSignature: In the plate, upper rightTitle: Maria Frederike van Reede-Athlone at SevenMedium: Print on paperImage size: 9 x 11 inchesFraming: In champagne tone painted wood frameFrame size: 14 1/2 x 16 3/4 inches Condition: Excellent Certificate of Authenticity: from Park West Gallery Biography: * Jean- tienne Liotard (1702-1789) first trained as a miniature painter in Geneva, where he mastered the extraordinary fineness of application that was to be the hallmark of his pastel style. While in his twenties he sought his fortune in Paris, where he studied in a prominent painter's studio. After rejection by the Acad mie Royale, he traveled to Italy, where he obtained numerous portrait commissions. * Liotard next embarked on a journey throughout the Mediterranean region and finally settled in Constantinople for four years. Intrigued by the native dress, he grew a long beard and acquired the habit of dressing as a Turk, earning himself the nickname of "the Turkish painter." While in Constantinople, he painted portraits of members of the British colony. * For the remainder of his life, Liotard traveled throughout Europe painting portraits in pastels. He gained an international reputation in this medium for his care and skill in achieving an accurate likeness of his sitters. At the age of seventy-nine, he published a treatise on the principles of painting, in which he explained his belief that painting is and should be a mirror of nature. - from the J. Paul Getty Museum website *