\paperw19995 \margr0\margl0 \plain \fs20 \f1 This work was acquired in 1762 by Maria Theresa of Austria from Jean Etienne Liotard himself, while the artist was on a visi
t to Vienna. It is a portrait of Suzanne Curchod, a young noblewoman from Geneva. The work is characterized by its delicate coloring and a rapidity of line that confers grace and liveliness on the figure.