![]() ![]() Roland Enke is an art historian and curator of the exhibition. ![]() He is the editor of many art books, including, most recently, Andrea Bischof: Color Truth also published by Hirmer Publishers. About the Author Stephan Koja is an art historian and director of the Gemäldegalerie Alte Meister in Dresden. Situating the painting alongside characteristic works from other creative periods, the editors illuminate the art of pastel painting in which this enchanting work was executed. The most beautiful pastel ever seen (English, Hardcover, Koja Stephan) Edition 2019 Pages 200 Imprint. This richly illustrated volume leads the reader through the age in which The Chocolate Girl was created, during the French-inspired rococo, and in the Vienna of Empress Maria Theresa. The painting had a tremendous effect in its time-deemed "the most beautiful pastel ever seen" by Liotard's contemporary Rosalba Carriera-and remains influential today. Its sober and precise observation exemplifies the art of the Enlightenment and anticipates the realism of the nineteenth century. This remarkable painting shows an unknown domestic servant-until then a rarely chosen subject-carrying a luxurious chocolate drink on a platter. Description The Chocolate Girl is one of the most famous works by the Swiss artist Jean- tienne Liotard (1702-1789). ![]()
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