Timeline · 1696 Born

Born this day: Louis Tocqué

Birth · 1696

Louis Tocqué was a French painter born on November 19, 1696, specializing in portrait painting, as seen in works like Portrait of Louis of France and Marie-Thérèse-Raphaëlle, Infanta of Spain, Dauphine of France. He captured the likenesses of prominent figures with precision and detail.

Louis Tocqué's portraits remain significant examples of 18th-century French art.

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