Self Portrait by Maurice Quentin de La Tour (circa 1750) (upload.wikimedia.org)

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Maurice Quentin de La Tour (French pronunciation: [mɔʁis kɑ̃tɛ̃ də la tuʁ]; 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.

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[-] Gradually_Adjusting@lemmy.world 2 points 3 weeks ago

It is a self portrait. They didn't have TV back then, he could easily have devoted dozens of hours to painting himself as a sexy guy just for grins.

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