Dictionary Of Pastellists Before 1800

The ambition of the Dictionary of pastellists before 1800, art reference work on pastels by artists of all schools working during the 18th century or before, is to establish a convincing body of knowledge to help identify and attribute works by major artists, petits-maîtres, and a large number of female artists.
Pastels from the French school account for more than half the Dictionary, representing most of the more important artists such as Nattier, La Tour, Labille-Guiard and Vigée Le Brun. But there were other major pastellists, such as Copley, Russell, Mengs, Carriera and Liotard from the American, English, German, Italian and Swiss schools.