Jean-Laurent Mosnier (; (

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) 1743 – (

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) 10 April 1808) was a French painter and miniaturist. Court painter under the Ancien Régime, Mosnier began, from 1789, a brilliant career as society painter in London, Hamburg and St. Petersburg. Many times academician, he left considerable work and high quality, both in miniature painting. Self-Portrait with Two Pupils is thought to have been the basis for Jean-Laurent Mosnier's painting of himself with his young daughters. It is thought that his ambition was to clone the success of

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's painting.

Works

Portrait of the Marquise de Grécourt, née de la Fresnaye, in a red velvet dress with a white chiffon scarf.jpg, Portrait of the Marquise de Grecur (1790) 1798 Mosnier Elisabeth Hudtwalcker geb. Moller anagoria.JPG, Portrait of Elizabeth HadtwalkerElisabeth Hudtwalcker, née Moller, Wife of Senator Martin Hudtwalcker

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(1798) Mosnier Auguste Lafontaine.jpg, Portrait of

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(1798) Friederike Leisching by Jean Laurent Mosnier.jpg, Portrait of Frederica Leishing (1799) Elizabeth Alexeevna by J.L.Mosnier (1800s, Nizhniy Novgorod).jpg, Portrait of Empress Elizabeth Alexeievna (1800s) Portrait of Count Pavel Stroganoff (1772-1817).jpg, Portrait of Count

Pavel Stroganov Count Pavel Alexandrovich Stroganov (russian: Граф Павел Александрович Строганов; born June 7 (18), 1774, in Paris; died June 10 (22), 1817) was a Russian military commander and statesman, Lieutenant General, Adjutan ...

(1808) Muravyov Mikhail Nikitich.jpg, Portrait of Mikhail Muravyev (1810)

References

Book sources

* Jean-François Heim, Claire Beraud, Philippe Heim, ''Lounge painting of the French Revolution (1789-1799)'', Paris, CAC Publishing, 1989. * Olivier Blanc, ''Portraits of Women: artists and models at the time of Marie Antoinette'', Paris, Carpentier, 2006. () *

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