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A portrait by the French painter, Maurice Quentin de La Tour of François-Marie Arouet or 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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Tour, M. Q. d. L. (2023, November 07). Portrait of Voltaire (1735). World History Encyclopedia. Retrieved from https://www.worldhistory.org/image/18099/portrait-of-voltaire-1735/
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Tour, Maurice Quentin de La. "Portrait of Voltaire (1735)." World History Encyclopedia. Last modified November 07, 2023. https://www.worldhistory.org/image/18099/portrait-of-voltaire-1735/.
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Tour, Maurice Quentin de La. "Portrait of Voltaire (1735)." World History Encyclopedia. World History Encyclopedia, 07 Nov 2023. Web. 22 Feb 2025.
