Portrait of Mary Gunning, Countess of Coventry

Date: 1749
Medium: pastel on paper
Location: Musee dArt et dHistoire, Geneva, Switzerland
Dimensions: 23.5 x 19

Liotard painted picture Portrait of Mary Gunning, Countess of Coventry in 1749. Prevailing color of this fine art print is b&W and its shape is portrait. Original size is 23.5 x 19. This art piece is located in Musee dArt et dHistoire, Geneva, Switzerland. This image is printed on demand - you can choose material, size and finishing.

Jean-Etienne Liotard (1702-1789). Swiss painter and engraver. He applied to study at the Paris Academy; however, he was rejected. He then did contract work in Italy, Greece and Turkey. In 1758, he returned to Geneva and painted portraits for various aristocratic families. He painted for the Empress Maria Theresa very often. He focused his entire work on portraits, landscapes or still lifes. He liked to paint in pastel colours. In 1757, he married and his new wife Marie Fargues, even convinced him, for the first time in years, to shave off his groomed beard.