Maurice Quentin de La Tour

Maurice Quentin de La Tour
Self-portrait with Lace Jabot (ca 1751)
Born	Maurice-Quentin Delatour (1704-09-05)5 September 1704 Saint-Quentin, Picardy, Kingdom of France
Died	17 February 1788(1788-02-17) (aged 83) Saint-Quentin, Picardy, Kingdom of France
Nationality	French
Known for	Pastel

Maurice Quentin de La Tour (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.