Jean-Étienne Liotard
(1702–1789) Genevan painter (1702–1789)
Jean-Étienne Liotard (1702–1789) is listed in the catalogue as a painter and a draughtsman. By year of birth, Jean-Étienne Liotard belongs to the chapter ‘Rococo’ in this site’s history of art.
Jean-Étienne Liotard was born in Geneva and died in Geneva. The students included Louis-Ami Arlaud-Jurine.
The best-known works include ‘Die Lesende’, ‘Porträt des Moritz von Sachsen’, and ‘The Chocolate Girl’. The works belong mainly to the genre portrait. The catalogue has 70 works by Jean-Étienne Liotard with free images. The dated works span the years 1727–1800. Works by Jean-Étienne Liotard are held by several collections, among them Rijksmuseum, Museum of Art and History Geneva, J. Paul Getty Museum, and Dresdens nationella konstsamlingar.
Contemporary artists in the same chapter include Guillaume Taraval, Thomas Hudson, Françoise Basseporte, Pietro Longhi, and Joseph Aved.