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La Tour Maurice-Quentin de
(1704-1788)

Maurice-Quentin De La Tour was the son of a musician who disapproved of his painting career. He left home at fifteen to study in Paris with a Flemish painter and then became a portraitist in England. After returning to Paris in the mid-1720’s, De La Tour began working in the pastel medium. He exhibited at the Salon from 1738 to 1763 and became a member of the Academie Royale in 1746. De La Tour was appointed portraitist to the king in 1750, which established his reputation among the royalty and upper middle class. Towards the end of his life, he founded and art school and became a philanthropist before begin confined to his home because of mental illness.

Czech Republic, 1994, Voltaire

Dubai, 1971, Voltaire

Equatorial Guinea, 1979, Voltaire

France, 1949, Voltaire

France, 1956, Portrait of Rousseau

France, 1959, d'Alembert

France, 1978, Voltaire and Rousseau

Grenada, 2000, Birth of Voltaire

Hungary, 1948, Voltaire

Mozambique, 2012, Rousseau, Voltaire, Diderot

Mozambique, 2012, Rousseau, statue of Diderot

Rumania, 1962, Jean-Jacques Rousseau

USSR, 1962, Jean-Jacques Rousseau

France, 2004, Portraits of Voltaire and Rousseau

France, 2004, Portraits of Voltaire and Rousseau

Russia, 1994, Voltaire