![]() ![]() Characteristic works from other creative periods complete the overview of Liotard’s oeuvre. Chocolate itself, always associated with pleasure, contributes further to the particular charm. In its sober and precise observation it reflects the art of the Enlightenment as well as anticipating the realism of the nineteenth century. The Chocolate Girl shows a simple, unknown domestic servant, until then a rarely chosen subject. Even during Liotard’s life (1702 – 1789), his pastel painting was highly valued, as the description by the most famous pastel artist Rosalba Carriera as “the most beautiful pastel” demonstrates. Marcel Roethlisberger Stephan Koja and Verena Perlhefter Roland Enke. ![]() The painting had a tremendous effect in those days, and still does so today. The most beautiful pastel ever seen: the Chocolate girl by Jean-Etienne Liotard. It also explains the art of pastel painting, in which this enchanting work has been executed. This richly illustrated volume leads the reader through the age in which it was created during the French-inspired Rococo and into the Vienna of Empress Maria Theresia, where the work was painted. The Chocolate Girl is one of the most famous works by the Swiss artist Jean-Étienne Liotard. Stephan Koja is the director of the Gemäldegalerie Alte Meister in Dresden and the editor of many books, including The Most Beautiful Pastel Ever Seen. ![]()
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