The painter who poked fun at 18th-century Paris
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The painter who poked fun at 18th-century Paris
From the February 2025 issue of Apollo. Preview and subscribe here. Maurice-Quentin de La Tour has a creased blue cap perched jauntily atop his shaved head. He leans his elbow familiarly on a stone roundel. Known in French as an oeil de boeuf or ‘bull’s eye’ window, this illusionistic device visually separates our world from his. In the picture, the artist grins, revealing a row of white teeth… Source
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