Portrait of Marthe Marie Tronchin
Jean Etienne Liotard
1758/61
Medium
Pastel on vellum
Dimensions
61 × 47 cm (24 1/16 × 18 9/16 in.)
Classification
pastel
Department
Prints and Drawings
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
104095
Rights
Public Domain
About this artwork
An admirer of Rosalba Carriera, Liotard evolved a highly personal, realist style that was not well received by the Academicians in Paris, but was welcomed in England, Holland, and his native Geneva. This portrait was made at the height of Liotard's career in Geneva, during a period (c. 1757-63) in which he portrayed the most politically and intellectually vital individuals in that city. Liotard depicted no less than eight members of the Tronchin family, one of the most important and influential ...