Jean-Laurent Mosnier
Jean-Laurent Mosnier | |
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Self-portrait, 1786 | |
| Born | 1743 Paris, France |
| Died | 10 April 1808 Saint Petersburg, Russia |
| Known for | Painting |
Jean-Laurent Mosnier (French: [moɲe]; 1743 – 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.