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Jean-Étienne Liotard
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Self-Portrait, pastel by Jean-Étienne Liotard; in the Staatliche Kunstsammlungen, Dresden, Ger. Mme d'Épinay, detail of a pastel by Jean Étienne Liotard, c. 1759; in the Musée d'Art et d'Histoire, Geneva
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Born December 22, 1702 • Geneva • Switzerland
Died June 12, 1789 (aged 86) • Geneva • Switzerland

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Self-Portrait, pastel by Jean-Étienne Liotard; in the Staatliche Kunstsammlungen, Dresden, Ger.
Mme d'Épinay, detail of a pastel by Jean Étienne Liotard, c. 1759; in the Musée d'Art et d'Histoire, Geneva
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