After Jean-Etienne Liotard (Swiss, 1702-1789)
"La Belle Chocolatière (The Chocolate Girl)". Oil on canvas, 19th century copy after Jean-Etienne's 1744–1745 masterpiece, unsigned, in a carved gilded frame with linen liner, overall 43" x 31".
The Chocolate Girl is one of the most prominent pastels of Swiss artist Jean-Étienne Liotard, showing a chocolate-serving maid. The girl carries a tray with a porcelain chocolate cup and a glass of water. Liotard's contemporaries classed The Chocolate Girl as his masterpiece. This image was later used by Walter Baker Chocolate Company for advertisements.
Condition: Canvas has been relined, craquelure of surface with concentration to lower portion, fluorescent under UV light, minor surface soils. Minor losses to frame.
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"La Belle Chocolatière (The Chocolate Girl)". Oil on canvas, 19th century copy after Jean-Etienne's 1744–1745 masterpiece, unsigned, in a carved gilded frame with linen liner, overall 43" x 31".
The Chocolate Girl is one of the most prominent pastels of Swiss artist Jean-Étienne Liotard, showing a chocolate-serving maid. The girl carries a tray with a porcelain chocolate cup and a glass of water. Liotard's contemporaries classed The Chocolate Girl as his masterpiece. This image was later used by Walter Baker Chocolate Company for advertisements.
Condition: Canvas has been relined, craquelure of surface with concentration to lower portion, fluorescent under UV light, minor surface soils. Minor losses to frame.
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