Louis Tocqué

Tocqué studied under Nattier, Nicolas Bertin and Hyacinthe Rigaud in the 1720s.

Louis Tocqué was influenced by Hyacinthe Rigaud, who was also one of his tutors and Nicolas de Largillierre, another French painter.

In 1745 he painted the portrait of Infanta Maria Teresa Rafaela of Spain, one year before her death.

In 1757 he went to the Russian Empire, where he stayed for two years after being invited by Elizaveta Petrovna, Empress of Russia in order to create a ceremonial portrait of her.

[3] This portrait is today part of the permanent collection of the Hermitage Museum of Saint Petersburg in Russia.