Jean-Marc Nattier was the second son of the artist couple Marc Nattier and Marie Courtois. He became famous for his paintings in which he depicted the ladies at King Ludwig's court in classical mythological dresses. He became famous in 1710 for engravings based on his drawings of Peter Paul Rubens' famous Medici cycle from the Palais du Luxembourg. Nattier received his first lessons from his father, who was a portrait painter, and his uncle, the history painter Jean Jouvenet. Later he became a student at the Royal Academy. Jean-Marc Nattier was already an extremely talented painter at a young age. He won the coveted prize of the Académie royal already at the age of 15. However, he rejected the trip to Rome which was connected with it.
Like his uncle, Nattier wanted to become a history painter. He devoted himself to this genre between 1715 and 1720, from which time he produced works such as "The Battle of Pultawa". This painting was commissioned by Peter the Great. For his admission as a full member of the Royal Academy he submitted the work "Petrification of Phineus and his companions". He was appointed professor at the Academy in 1752. Nattier travelled to Amsterdam in 1715 to paint portraits of the Russian Tsar Peter the Great and his wife. However, Nattier declined the Tsar's invitation to go to Russia. He was forced to give up his career goals of becoming famous as a history painter in 1720 due to the dramatic financial crisis in France. For Nattier, like many others, had lost almost his entire fortune. He had to look for more lucrative commissions. At that time this was especially portrait painting.
Nevertheless Nattier found a way to combine his passion with portrait painting. He introduced allegorical portrait painting, which soon became very popular with the ladies of the court. He transformed his models into mythological figures, such as ancient goddesses. Among others Nattier portrayed Empress Maria Theresa, all daughters of King Louis XV and his wife Maria Leszczynska. From the mid-1750s Nattier's fame began to fade. The art critic Diderot was one of Nattier's most severe critics and is said to have said about him in 1761: "Has this man no friend who will tell him the truth? Nattier was by now an old, frail man and was in financial distress. In the end he was forced to sell his art collection and his entire studio. Nattier's son, who had a great career as a painter, drowned in the Tiber during his studies in Rome.
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.jpg "Perseus, under the protection of Minerva, turns Phineus to stone by brandishing the head of Medusa by Jean-Marc Nattier")
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.jpg "Manon Balletti, 1757 by Jean-Marc Nattier")
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 1748 - (MeisterDrucke-39278).jpg "Madame de Pompadour (1721-64), 1748 by Jean-Marc Nattier")
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 with a Fan 1749 - (MeisterDrucke-54050).jpg "Portrait of Adelaide de France (1732-1800) with a Fan, 1749 by Jean-Marc Nattier")
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 as a Vestal Virgin - (MeisterDrucke-82619).jpg "Madame Sophie de France (1734-82) as a Vestal Virgin by Jean-Marc Nattier")
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.jpg "Victoire de France as the element of Water, 1750-1 by Jean-Marc Nattier")
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.jpg "Portrait of a Woman as Diana by Jean-Marc Nattier")
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_French_writer_an_-_(MeisterDrucke-970426).jpg "Portrait of Pierre Augustin Caron de Beaumarchais by Jean-Marc Nattier")
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.jpg "Portrait of Henrietta as Flora, 1742 by Jean-Marc Nattier")
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.jpg "Portrait of Marie-Thérèse Geoffrin 1715-1791, Marquise de la Ferté-Imbault, 1739 by Jean-Marc Nattier")
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 Marquise of La Tournelle as Eos after 1740 - (MeisterDrucke-73550).jpg "Portrait of Marie-Anne de Mailly-Nesle (1717-44), Marquise of La Tournelle as Eos, after 1740 by Jean-Marc Nattier")
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_Abbess_of_Chelles_-_(MeisterDrucke-1021759).jpg "Portrait of Anne Geyssans de Clermont-Chatte (Clermont Chatte), Abbess of Chelles (d. 1789), dimensions 1,46x1,14 m by Jean-Marc Nattier")
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 at Fontevrault 1748 - (MeisterDrucke-79216).jpg "Portrait of Madame Louise de France (1737-87) at Fontevrault, 1748 by Jean-Marc Nattier")
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 daughter of Louis XV at Fontevrault 1748 - (MeisterDrucke-96655).jpg "Portrait of Madame Sophie (1734-82), daughter of Louis XV, at Fontevrault, 1748 by Jean-Marc Nattier")
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.jpg "The Artist and his Family, 1730-62 by Jean-Marc Nattier")
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.jpg "Portrait of a gentleman in a blue coat by Jean-Marc Nattier")
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.jpg "Terpsichore, Muse of Dance by Jean-Marc Nattier")
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.jpg "Louise-Elisabeth de France, as the Element of Earth by Jean-Marc Nattier")
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.jpg "Portrait of Louis-Henriette de Bourbon-Conti, with Muffler by Jean-Marc Nattier")
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_wife_of_Peter_the_Gre_-_(MeisterDrucke-982493).jpg "Portrait of the Russian Empress Catherine I (1684-1727), wife of Peter the Great by Jean-Marc Nattier")
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.jpg "Joseph Bonnier de la Mosson by Jean-Marc Nattier")
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.jpg "Portrait of the Duchess of Chateauroux in Aurora (Marie Anne de Mailly Nesle) by Jean-Marc Nattier")
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.jpg "Miniature Portrait of César François Cassini de Thury by Jean-Marc Nattier")
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.jpg "Portrait of Jeanne Antoinette Poisson, Marquise of Pompadour by Jean-Marc Nattier")
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_daughter_of_King_Louis_XV_Pain_-_(MeisterDrucke-1030146).jpg "Portrait of Madame Adelaide of France (1732-1800), daughter of King Louis XV. Painting by Jean-Marc Nattier (1685-1766) by Jean-Marc Nattier")
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.jpg "Portrait of Henriette of France, c.1742 by Jean-Marc Nattier")
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 Duke of Penthievre 1743 - (MeisterDrucke-113170).jpg "Louis Jean Marie de Bourbon, Duke of Penthievre by Jean-Marc Nattier")
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.jpg "Portrait of Prince Alexander Kurakin 1697-1749, 1728 by Jean-Marc Nattier")
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.jpg "Marquioness of Baglion as Flora by Jean-Marc Nattier")
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_Colbert_(1651-1690)_seigneur_Marquis_d_-_(MeisterDrucke-950875).jpg "Portrait of Jean-Baptiste Colbert, Seigneur Marquis de Seignelay, Minister of the Navy, Son of Colbert by Jean-Marc Nattier")
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_Peinture_de_Jean_Marc_Nattier_(Jean-Ma_-_(MeisterDrucke-1322696).jpg "Jupiter, Juno and Io by Jean-Marc Nattier")
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.jpg "Portrait of Joanna of Austria, Grand Duchess of Tuscany by Gérard Edelinck")
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_in_Diane_daughter_of_Louis_XV_-_(MeisterDrucke-998895).jpg "Portrait of Madame Adelaide of France in Diane, daughter of Louis XV by Jean-Marc Nattier")
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.jpg "The Spring La Source by Jean-Marc Nattier")
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 in Court Dress 1758 - (MeisterDrucke-71977).jpg "Madame Adelaide de France in Court Dress, 1758 by Jean-Marc Nattier")
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.jpg "Portrait of Constance-Gabrielle-Magdeleine Bonnier de la Mosson as Diana by Jean-Marc Nattier")
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.jpg "Marquise de Broglie (1718-1777), née Freiin von Besenval von Brunstatt, as Sultana by Jean-Marc Nattier")
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.jpg "Madame Bergeret de Frouville as Diana by Jean-Marc Nattier")
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.jpg "Portrait of Charlotte Louise de Rohan-Guemenee, Princess of Masseran, Marquise of Crevecoeur Represented as Hebe by Jean-Marc Nattier")
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_-_Detail_of_a_Corinthian_vase_showing_a_hoplite_battle_c600_BC_(terracotta)_-_(MeisterDrucke-1173425).jpg "Detail of a Corinthian vase showing a hoplite battle, c.600 BC by Jean-Marc Nattier")
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.jpg "Louis Joseph Xavier, Duke of Burgundy by Jean-Marc Nattier")
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 at Fontevrault 1748 - (MeisterDrucke-68018).jpg "Victoire de France at Fontevrault, 1748 by Jean-Marc Nattier")
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.jpg "Portrait of a woman as Flora by Jean-Marc Nattier")
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.jpg "Portrait of Henrietta Maria of France by Jean-Marc Nattier")
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.jpg "Portrait of a Woman, c.1748 by Jean-Marc Nattier")
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.jpg "Madame Henriette de France as a Vestal Virgin by Jean-Marc Nattier")
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.jpg "Portrait of Madame Bonnier de la Mosson as Diana (Constance-Gabrielle-Magdeleine du Monciel de Lauraille) by Jean-Marc Nattier")
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_daughter_of_Louis_XV_Painting_-_(MeisterDrucke-972543).jpg "Portrait of Madame Victoire de France, Daughter of Louis XV by Jean-Marc Nattier")
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.jpg "Portrait of Louis-Joseph de Bourbon, 1794 by Jean-Marc Nattier")
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.jpg "Madame Adélaïde de France (1732–1800), daughter of Louis XV by Jean-Marc Nattier")
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.jpg "Portrait of Empress Catherine I by Jean-Marc Nattier")
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_making_knots_Painting_by_Jean-_-_(MeisterDrucke-999157).jpg "Portrait of Madame Adelaide of France Making Knots by Jean-Marc Nattier")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-555514).jpg "Portrait of Madame Louise of France by Jean-Marc Nattier")
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 1756 - (MeisterDrucke-65982).jpg "Portrait of Marie Adelaide by Jean-Marc Nattier")
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_as_Flora_1742_-_(MeisterDrucke-240007).jpg "Henrietta Maria of France (1606-69) as Flora, 1742 by Jean-Marc Nattier")
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_in_Flore_daughter_of_Louis_XV_-_(MeisterDrucke-971888).jpg "Portrait of Madame Henriette of France (1727-1752) in Flore, daughter of Louis XV by Jean Marc Nattier (1742) by Jean-Marc Nattier")
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.jpg "Count Adam Tarlo by Jean-Marc Nattier")
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 Princess of Turenne and Duchess of Bouillon 1746 - (MeisterDrucke-83187).jpg "Louise-Henriette-Gabrielle de Lorraine, Princess of Turenne and Duchess of Bouillon, 1746 by Jean-Marc Nattier")
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.jpg "Jupiter, Juno and Io by Jean-Marc Nattier")
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.jpg "Portrait of Jean-Victor de Rochechouart de Mortemart by Jean-Marc Nattier")
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.jpg "The Spring La Source by Jean-Marc Nattier")
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.jpg "Portrait of Madame Bouret as Diana by Jean-Marc Nattier")
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.jpg "Portrait of Eleonore Louise de Berville, Marquise de Hallay-Coetquen by Jean-Marc Nattier")
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_daughter_-_(MeisterDrucke-1024460).jpg "Portrait of Marie Adelaide of France called Madame Adelaide, daughter of Louis XV by Jean-Marc Nattier")
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.jpg "Madame Sophie, Daughter of Louis XV by Jean-Marc Nattier")
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 1751 - (MeisterDrucke-109893).jpg "Dauphine Marie-Josephe de Saxe, 1751 by Jean-Marc Nattier")
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_Infanta_of_Spain_then_Duchess_of_Parma_-_(MeisterDrucke-899995).jpg "Louise-Elisabeth de France, Infanta of Spain, then Duchess of Parma by Jean-Marc Nattier")
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.jpg "Portrait presumed to be Louise-Elisabeth de La Chastre, Marquise de Dreux-Breze by Jean-Marc Nattier")
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.jpg "Jean Baptiste de Sade by Jean-Marc Nattier")
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_Peinture_de_Jean_Marc_Nattier_(Jean-_-_(MeisterDrucke-1324875).jpg "Allegory of Music by Jean-Marc Nattier")
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.jpg "Allegory of Justice Combating Injustice by Jean-Marc Nattier")
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_tsar_of_Russia_Painting_by_Jean_Marc_(_-_(MeisterDrucke-984077).jpg "Portrait of Peter I The Great (1672-1725) tsar of Russia (detail) by Jean-Marc Nattier")
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.jpg "Portrait of Madame de La Porte, 1754 by Jean-Marc Nattier")
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.jpg "Portrait of Jeanne Antoinette Poisson, Marquise of Pompadour (Madame de Pompadour) by Jean-Marc Nattier")
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.jpg "Marie Françoise de La Cropte de St. Abre, Marquise d")
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.jpg "Portrait of Princess Victoire of France by Jean-Marc Nattier")
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.jpg "Portrait of the Duchess of La Rochefoucault by Jean-Marc Nattier")
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.jpg "Portrait of a Lady by Jean-Marc Nattier")
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.jpg "Portrait of Madame Bonnier de la Mosson as Diana by Jean-Marc Nattier")
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_Colbert_(1651-1690)_seigneur_Marquis_d_-_(MeisterDrucke-988234).jpg "Portrait of Jean Baptiste Colbert, Marquis de Seignelay, Minister of Marine, Son of Colbert (detail) by Jean-Marc Nattier")
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.jpg "Portrait of Manon Balletti by Jean-Marc Nattier")
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.jpg "Portrait of Francis, Lord Brooke, later 1st Earl Brooke and 1st Earl of Warwick by Jean-Marc Nattier")
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.jpg "Portrait of Prince Louis Joseph Xavier, Duke of Burgundy 1751-1761 by Jean-Marc Nattier")
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.jpg "Triumph of Amphitrite by Jean-Marc Nattier")
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