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Maurice Quentin de La Tour

1704 - 1788

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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. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Maurice Quentin de La Tour is the 2,522nd most popular politician (down from 2,319th in 2019), the 807th most popular biography from France (down from 787th in 2019) and the 187th most popular French Politician.

Maurice Quentin de la Tour was a French painter who is most famous for his portraits.

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Among politicians, Maurice Quentin de La Tour ranks 2,522 out of 19,576. Before him are Hongzhi Emperor, Ottokar I of Bohemia, Scott Morrison, Maroboduus, Ish-bosheth, and Shamash-shum-ukin. After him are Lucius Cornelius Cinna, Nogai Khan, Manco Inca Yupanqui, Archduke Joseph, Palatine of Hungary, Jacobo Árbenz, and Dihya.

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Among people born in 1704, Maurice Quentin de La Tour ranks 2. Before him is Gabriel Cramer. After him are Tahmasp II, Margravine Johanna of Baden-Baden, Countess Caroline of Nassau-Saarbrücken, Anne Christine of Sulzbach, Princess of Piedmont, Carl Heinrich Graun, John Kay, Hans Hermann von Katte, Jean-Baptiste de Boyer, Marquis d'Argens, Johann Andreas Segner, and Louis de Jaucourt. Among people deceased in 1788, Maurice Quentin de La Tour ranks 7. Before him are Charles III of Spain, Georges-Louis Leclerc, Comte de Buffon, Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach, Thomas Gainsborough, Giovanni Antonio Scopoli, and Charles Edward Stuart. After him are Jean-François de Galaup, comte de Lapérouse, Johann Georg Hamann, Nicole-Reine Lepaute, José, Prince of Brazil, Infante Gabriel of Spain, and Armand de Vignerot du Plessis.

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In France

Among people born in France, Maurice Quentin de La Tour ranks 807 out of 6,770. Before him are Isabella of Angoulême (1188), Louis-Gabriel Suchet (1770), Jacques Audiard (1952), Alexandre Cabanel (1823), Jean Meslier (1664), and Catherine Labouré (1806). After him are Pierre André Latreille (1762), Jacques Tati (1907), Juliette Binoche (1964), Jean-Victor Poncelet (1788), Maurice Blanchot (1907), and François Ravaillac (1578).

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Among POLITICIANS In France

Among politicians born in France, Maurice Quentin de La Tour ranks 187. Before him are Mary of Guise (1515), Albert I, Prince of Monaco (1848), Charles III, Duke of Bourbon (1490), Louis II of Anjou (1377), Charles II of Navarre (1332), and Charles, Duke of Vendôme (1489). After him are François Ravaillac (1578), Isabella of Hainault (1170), Richard II, Duke of Normandy (963), Louis, Prince of Condé (1530), Louise of Savoy (1476), and Jean Sylvain Bailly (1736).

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