Jean-Laurent Mosnier | |
Birth Date: | 1743 |
Birth Place: | Paris, France |
Death Date: | 10 April 1808 |
Death Place: | St. Petersburg, Russian Empire |
Nationality: | French |
Known For: | Painting |
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Jean-Laurent Mosnier (in French moɲe/; (Paris) 1743 – (Saint Petersburg) 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 Adélaïde Labille-Guiard's painting.[1]