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title: Portrait of Voltaire (1735)
author: Maurice Quentin de La Tour
source: https://www.worldhistory.org/image/18099/portrait-of-voltaire-1735/
format: machine-readable-alternate
updated: 2025-02-19
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# Portrait of Voltaire (1735)
_Authored by Maurice Quentin de La Tour_
## Image File
[](https://www.worldhistory.org/uploads/images/18099.jpg)
## Image Caption
A portrait by the French painter, Maurice Quentin de La Tour of François-Marie Arouet or [Voltaire](https://www.worldhistory.org/Voltaire/) (1694-1778 CE), the French philosopher and historian. It was finished in 1735. The portrait was done in Rococo style using pastels and showing the subject with the pale face which was fashionable at the time.
Musée Antoine-Lécuyer, Saint-Quentin, France.
## Cite This Work
### APA
Tour, M. Q. d. L. (2023, November 07). Portrait of Voltaire (1735). *World History Encyclopedia*.
### Chicago
Tour, Maurice Quentin de La. "Portrait of Voltaire (1735)." *World History Encyclopedia*, November 07, 2023. .
### MLA
Tour, Maurice Quentin de La. "Portrait of Voltaire (1735)." *World History Encyclopedia*, 07 Nov 2023, .
## License & Copyright
[Original image](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Maurice_Quentin_de_La_Tour,_portrait_de_Voltaire_(1735)_avec_agrandissement.jpg) by [**Maurice Quentin de La Tour**](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Maurice_Quentin_de_La_Tour,_portrait_de_Voltaire_(1735)_avec_agrandissement.jpg). Submitted by [Bahnisikha Dey](https://www.worldhistory.org/user/bahnisikha/ "User Page: Bahnisikha Dey"), published on 07 November 2023. The copyright holder has published this content under the following license: [Public Domain](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_domain). This item is in the public domain, and can be used, copied, and modified without any restrictions. Please note that content linked from this page may have different licensing terms.