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Maurice Quentin de La Tour
French painter
Maurice Quentin de La Tour | |
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Self-portrait with Lace Jabot (c. 1751) | |
| Born | Maurice-Quentin Delatour (1704-09-05)5 September 1704 Saint-Quentin, Picardy, Kingdom of France |
| Died | 17 February 1788(1788-02-17) (aged 83) Saint-Quentin, Picardy, Kingdom of France |
| Nationality | French |
| Known for | Pastel |
Maurice Quentin de La Tour (French pronunciation:[mɔʁiskɑ̃tɛ̃dəlatuʁ]; 5 September 1704 – 17 February 1788) was a French painter who worked primarily with pastels in the Rococo style.
Georges de la tour
Among his most famous subjects were Voltaire, Rousseau, Louis XV and the Madame de Pompadour.
Biography
Maurice Quentin de La Tour was born in Saint-Quentin, the third son of a musician, François de La Tour. François was from Laon and he was the son of a master mason, Jean de La Tour, of Laon and Saint-Quentin, who died in 1674.
François de La Tour apparently was successively a trumpet-player for the rifl