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Liotard oli erittäin monitaitoinen taiteilija ja vaikka hänen maineensa johtuu etupäässä hänen pastelliensa sulokkuudesta ja herkkyydestä, joista Dresdenissä sijaitsevat ''Lukijatar'', ''Suklaatyttö'' ja ''Lyonitar'' ovat hyviä esimerkkejä, ovat hänen emalinsa, kuparietsauksensa ja lasimaalauksensa myös kriittisen huomion arvoisia. Hän oli vanhojen mestarien teosten kerääjä ja hän julkaisi myös teoksen ''Traité des principes et des règles de la peinture ''(1781).
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[[File:Liotard, Jean-Étienne - Still Life- Tea Set - Google Art Project.jpg|thumb|280px|Still Life, Tea Set]]
Liotard was an artist of great versatility, and though his fame depends largely on his graceful and delicate [[pastel]] drawings, of which ''La Liseuse'', ''[[The Chocolate Girl]]'', and ''La Belle Lyonnaise'' at the [[Dresden Gallery]] and ''Maria Frederike van Reede-Athlone at Seven'' at the [[J. Paul Getty Museum]] are delightful examples, he achieved distinction by his enamels, copperplate [[engraving]]s and glass painting. He also wrote a ''Treatise on the Art of Painting'', and was an expert collector of paintings by the old masters.
Many of the masterpieces he had acquired were sold by him at high prices on his second visit to England. The museums of [[Amsterdam]], [[Bern]], and [[Geneva]] are particularly rich in examples of his paintings and pastel drawings. A picture of a Turk seated is at the [[Victoria and Albert Museum]], while the [[British Museum]] owns two of his drawings.
The [[Louvre]] has, besides twenty-two drawings, a portrait of [[René Hérault|Lieutenant General Hrault]] as well as an oil painting of an English merchant and a friend dressed in costumes and entitled ''Monsieur Levett and Mademoiselle Helene Glavany in Turkish Costumes''. A portrait of the artist is to be found at the [[Sala di pittori]], in the [[Uffizi Gallery]], [[Florence]]. While his son also married a Dutch girl, the [[Rijksmuseum]] inherited an important collection of his drawings and paintings.
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File:Lady Ann Somerset, Countess of Northampton, attributed to Jean-Étienne Liotard (1702-1789).jpg|Lady Ann Somerset, Countess of Northampton
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