biography
pronunciation:
[natyay]
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| male
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| lived:
| (1685–1766)
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| biography:
| Painter, born in Paris, France. The son of artist parents, he trained as an engraver and achieved fame as a portraitist of women at the court of Louis XV. He portrayed his subjects as mythological characters in a style which has become known as ‘le portrait Nattier’. His works include ‘Madame de Lambresc as Minerva’ (1737, Louvre) and ‘Duchesse d'Orléans as Hebe’ (1745). |
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