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Beschreibung

Geneva-born artist Jean-Étienne Liotard (1702-1789) was one of the great portraitists of his time. Held in high regard by Empress Maria Theresa, he created numerous portraits of members of the Austrian imperial family, among them Archduchess Maria-Antonia (1755-1793), later Marie-Antoinette Queen-consort of France, and Emperor Franz I Stephan. A group of 11 portrait drawings showing members of the House of Habsburg-Lorraine are held today in the collection of Geneva's Musée d'art et d'histoire (MAH).

Liotard & Marie-Antoinetteis published to coincide with an exhibition at the MAH. It is based on a unique interdisciplinary research project that combined conventional archival research with state-of-the art facial recognition technology and forensics, comparing historic paintings and drawings as well as modern digital images to identify with precision the individuals portrayed by Liotard.

The volume makes the findings of this fascinating dialogue between art historians, scholars of 18th-century history, and researchers in the fields of artificial intelligence and forensics accessible to a broader audience. It offers an unusually multifaceted view of Liotard's masterful drawings and an approach to the stories hidden within them that is equally exciting and novel.

Geneva-born artist Jean-Étienne Liotard (1702-1789) was one of the great portraitists of his time. Held in high regard by Empress Maria Theresa, he created numerous portraits of members of the Austrian imperial family, among them Archduchess Maria-Antonia (1755-1793), later Marie-Antoinette Queen-consort of France, and Emperor Franz I Stephan. A group of 11 portrait drawings showing members of the House of Habsburg-Lorraine are held today in the collection of Geneva's Musée d'art et d'histoire (MAH).

Liotard & Marie-Antoinetteis published to coincide with an exhibition at the MAH. It is based on a unique interdisciplinary research project that combined conventional archival research with state-of-the art facial recognition technology and forensics, comparing historic paintings and drawings as well as modern digital images to identify with precision the individuals portrayed by Liotard.

The volume makes the findings of this fascinating dialogue between art historians, scholars of 18th-century history, and researchers in the fields of artificial intelligence and forensics accessible to a broader audience. It offers an unusually multifaceted view of Liotard's masterful drawings and an approach to the stories hidden within them that is equally exciting and novel.

Über den Autor

Marie-Eve Celio-Scheurer
ist leitende Kuratorin und Leiterin der Grafischen Sammlung am Musée d'art et d'histoire in Genf (MAH).

Catriona Seth
lehrt als Professorin für französische Literatur an der University of Oxford und leitet ein Forschungsprojekt zur Korrespondenz der französischen Königin Marie-Antoinette am Forschungszentrum des Château de Versailles.

Details
Erscheinungsjahr: 2026
Genre: Geisteswissenschaften, Kunst, Musik
Rubrik: Kunst & Musik
Thema: Bildende Kunst
Medium: Buch
Inhalt: 168 S.
ISBN-13: 9783039423583
ISBN-10: 3039423584
Sprache: Englisch
Herstellernummer: 03942358
Einband: Gebunden
Redaktion: Celio, Marie-Eve
Seth, Catriona
Herausgeber: Marie-Eve Celio/Catriona Seth
Hersteller: Scheidegger & Spiess
Verantwortliche Person für die EU: GVA Goettingen, Anna-Vandenhoeck-Ring 36, D-37081 Göttingen, info@gva-verlage.de
Abbildungen: 107 farbige und 9 s/w-Abbildungen
Maße: 302 x 246 x 20 mm
Von/Mit: Marie-Eve Celio (u. a.)
Erscheinungsdatum: 15.10.2026
Gewicht: 1,09 kg
Artikel-ID: 136883582

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