Jean-Laurent Mosnier
French painter (1743–1808)
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Jean-Laurent Mosnier (French: [moɲe]; 1743 – 10 April 1808) was a French painter, active in Paris during the Ancien Régime's last decades and then in St. Petersburg during Tsar Alexander I's reign, best known for his portraits.[1]
Imperial Academician in St. Petersburg (1802)
Jean-Laurent Mosnier | |
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Self-Portrait, 1786, preparatory work for the larger Self-Portrait with His Daughters of the same year; Minneapolis Institute of Art | |
| Born | 1743 |
| Died | 10 April 1808 (aged 64–65) |
| Known for | Portrait painting |
| Elected | Royal Academician in Paris (1788) Imperial Academician in St. Petersburg (1802) |
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 easel and miniature painting.
Self-Portrait with Two Pupils, by Adélaïde Labille-Guiard, is thought to have been the basis for Mosnier's similar self-portrait with his young daughters. It is thought that his ambition was to clone the success of Labille-Guiard's painting.[2][3]
Selected works
Self-Portrait with His Daughters, 1786; Hermitage Museum
Louis-Jean-François Lagrenée, 1788, reception piece for the Académie Royale; Louvre, on display in the Musée de l'Histoire de France, Versailles
![Frederica Leishing [de], 1799; Hamburger Kunsthalle](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/19/Friederike_Leisching_by_Jean_Laurent_Mosnier.jpg/250px-Friederike_Leisching_by_Jean_Laurent_Mosnier.jpg)
Frederica Leishing, 1799; Hamburger Kunsthalle![Engel Christine Westphalen [de], 1800; Kunsthalle Kiel](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9a/Engel_Christine_Westphalen%2C_1800.jpg/250px-Engel_Christine_Westphalen%2C_1800.jpg)
Engel Christine Westphalen, 1800; Kunsthalle Kiel
![Count Alexander Sergeyevich Stroganov, 1804; Museum of the Russian Academy of Arts [ru]](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/db/Portrait_of_Count_Alexander_Stroganoff%2C_the_President_of_the_Academy_of_Arts.jpg/250px-Portrait_of_Count_Alexander_Stroganoff%2C_the_President_of_the_Academy_of_Arts.jpg)
Count Alexander Sergeyevich Stroganov, 1804; Museum of the Russian Academy of Arts
Count Pavel Alexandrovich Stroganov, 1808; Russian Museum, pendant piece to the prior
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![Frederica Leishing [de], 1799; Hamburger Kunsthalle](#/media/File:Friederike_Leisching_by_Jean_Laurent_Mosnier.jpg)
![Engel Christine Westphalen [de], 1800; Kunsthalle Kiel](#/media/File:Engel_Christine_Westphalen,_1800.jpg)
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![Count Alexander Sergeyevich Stroganov, 1804; Museum of the Russian Academy of Arts [ru]](#/media/File:Portrait_of_Count_Alexander_Stroganoff,_the_President_of_the_Academy_of_Arts.jpg)
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