1735-1802
French
French painter, pastellist and engraver. He lived in Paris from 1760 and from 1762 kept a list of his works. Among the portraits he completed in his early years were those in pastel of the well-known connoisseurs Pierre-Jean Mariette, the Comte de Caylus and Ange-Laurent de la Live de July (all untraced), which apparently were copies after Maurice-Quentin de La Tour. Ducreux has traditionally been seen as de La Tour favourite pupil, while Jean-Baptiste Greuze is supposed to have initiated him into oil painting. From his age, it can be assumed that by the time Ducreux reached Paris he had already acquired a grounding in his art.
Marie Antoninette Marie Antoinette
Archduchess Maria Antonia of Austria, the later Queen Marie Antoinette of France
Erzherogin Maria Antonia von Österreich, die spätere Königin von Frankreich
L'archiduchesse Marie-Antoinette d'Autriche, future reine de France
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