Two Views of a Family Breakfast

Twenty years after creating his pastel “Lavergne Family Breakfast,” Jean-Etienne Liotard recreated it in oil, and it is astonishing to see how close the two versions are.

Two Views of a Family Breakfast
Jean-Etienne Liotard, "The Lavergne Family Breakfast" (1754), pastel on paper stuck down on canvas; accepted in lieu of Inheritance Tax by HM Government from the estate of George Pinto and allocated to the National Gallery, 2019 (© The National Gallery, London)