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Veronese born Pietro Antonio Rotari worked in both Venice and Rome before travelling to Vienna in 1751, where he would be exposed to the work of Jean-Etienne Liotard, whose porcelain-like portrait style would influence his work for the rest of his career. At the invitation of Elizabeth, Empress of Russia, Rotari moved to Saint Petersburg where he was employed as court painter.