Marie Fargues, the Painter’s Wife — History & Facts
Liotard was already 54 when he married the 29-yearold Marie Fargues in Amsterdam in 1756. This extraordinary portrait – it is one of Liotard’s largest pastels and necessitated the use of two pieces of vellum – was probably done shortly following their wedding. Liotard chose a composition he had first used in a drawing made in Constantinople and had repeated several times in different contexts: it was, indeed, one of the most famous inventions of his persona as ‘Le peintre turc’.
More Artworks by Jean-Etienne Liotard
Maria Theresa, Archduchess of Austria, Queen of Hungary and Bohemia, and Holy Roman Empress
Jean-Etienne Liotard
Portret van de Stadhouder Willem IV (1711-51), prins van Oranje Nassau
Jean-Etienne Liotard
Maria Josepha of Saxony, Dauphine of France
Jean-Etienne Liotard
View toward the Mont Blanc Massif from the Artist’s Studio at Geneva, with a Self-portrait
Jean-Etienne Liotard
Landschap met koeien, schapen en herderin, gewijzigde kopie naar een schilderij van Paulus Potter, de herderin gekopieerd van een schilderij van Karel Dujardin (recto); onvoltooid portret van een man (verso)
Jean-Etienne Liotard
