Self-Portrait, ca. 1778–80, Roulette, engraving, over mezzotint; proof before letters, Plate: 19 x 15 3/4 in. (48.3 x 40 cm), Prints, Jean Étienne Liotard (Swiss, Geneva 1702–1789 Geneva), Liotard’s career as a portraitist took him from Geneva to Paris, Vienna, and London and included long sojourns in Turkey. During a visit to England in 1773, he exhibited a pastel self-portrait at the Royal Academy that he later transformed into this black-and-white print, probably under the influence of British masters of mezzotint
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Self-Portrait, ca, 1778–80, Roulette, engraving, mezzotint, proof, letters, Plate, 19 x 15 3/4, 48.3 40 cm, Prints, Jean Étienne Liotard, Swiss, Geneva, 1702–1789, Liotard, career, portraitist, Paris, Vienna, London, included long, sojourns, Turkey, visit, England, 1773, exhibited, pastel self-portrait, Royal Academy, later transformed, black, white print, under, influence, British masters
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