    
Title: Voltaire Description: A painting of Voltaire (Francois-Marie Arouet; November 21, 1694-May 30, 1778), a French Enlightenment writer, essayist, and philosopher who wrote under the pen name of Voltaire; he was the author of more than 2,000 books and pamphlets, numerous plays, poems, novels, and historical and scientific works; known for his wit and satire; he was a strong supporter of civil liberties, social reform, freedom of religion, and free trade; his works and ideas strongly influenced those supporting both the French Revolution (1787-1799) and the American Revolutionary War (1775-1783); the painting was by French Rococo portrait artist Maurice Quintin de la Tour (September 5, 1704-February 17, 1788) who worked mainly with pastels; Category: Marie Antoinette Keywords: American Revolutionary War (1775-1783), authors, civil liberties, French Revolution (1787-1799), pastel paintings, philosophers, playwrights, poets, social reformers. Orientation: Portrait Dimensions: 2850 x 3698 (10.54 MPixels) (1.30) Print Size: 24.1 x 31.3 cm; 9.5 x 12.3 inches File Size: 30.18 MB (31,644,730 Bytes) Resolution: 300 x 300 dpi Color Depth: 16.7 million (24 BitsPerPixel) Compression: None Image Number: 0000258938c Source: Jay Robert Nash Collection |
