Maurice Quentin de La Tour

Maurice Quentin de La Tour
Self-portrait with Lace Jabot (ca 1751)
Born
Maurice-Quentin Delatour

(1704-09-05)5 September 1704
Died17 February 1788(1788-02-17) (aged 83)
NationalityFrench
Known forPastel

Maurice Quentin de La Tour (5 September 1704 – 17 February 1788) was a French painter who worked primarily with pastels in the Rococo style. Among his most famous subjects were Voltaire, Rousseau, Louis XV and the Madame de Pompadour.