Who painted “The Chocolate Girl”?

“The Chocolate Girl” was painted by Jean-Étienne Liotard in 1744. Where to see it: Dresden State Art Collections.

What to look for

Rococo: Baroque before it is darker, heavier and more serious; Neoclassicism after it is sober, linear and moral.

Jean-Étienne Liotard (22 December 1702 – 12 June 1789) was a Genevan painter, pastellist, printmaker, art theorist and art dealer. Born in the Republic of Geneva as the son of exiled French Huguenots, he spent most of his career working in cities such as Rome, Istanbul, Paris, Vienna, London, Amsterdam and other cities. Wikipedia

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More by Jean-Étienne Liotard

“Portrait of Mme Bouër”, 1746
“Portrait of Maria Adelaide of France in Turkish-style clothes”, 1753
“Monsieur Levett et Mademoiselle Glavani”, 1740
“Portrait of Madame Anne Tronchin”, 1758
“Portrait of Maria Frederike van Reede-Athlone at Seven Years of Age”, 1755
“Portrait of John, Lord Mountstuart, later 4th Earl and 1st Marquess of Bute”, 1763
“Dame pensive sur un sofa”, 1749
“A Woman in Turkish Dress”