A Gallery of 40 Portrait Paintings Through History (Image Gallery) p. 24

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by Mark Cartwright
published on 25 February 2025

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Portrait of Voltaire (1735)

by Maurice Quentin de La Tour
published on 07 November 2023

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A portrait by the French painter, Maurice Quentin de La Tour of François-Marie Arouet of Voltaire (1694-1778 CE), the French philosopher and historian. It was finished in 1735. The portrait was done in Rococo style using pastels and showing the subject with the pale face which was fashionable at the time.

Musée Antoine-Lécuyer, Saint-Quentin, France.

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