Jean-Laurent Mosnier Explained

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]

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Notes and References

  1. Book: Laura Auricchio. Adélaïde Labille-Guiard: Artist in the Age of Revolution. 2009. Getty Publications. 978-0-89236-954-6. 40–.