Jean-Baptiste Perronneau (c. 1715 - 1783)

• Was a French painter who specialized in portraits executed in pastels.
• Perronneau was born in Paris.
• He began his career as an engraver, apparently studying with Laurent Cars.
• He made his Salon debut with a pastel portrait in 1746.
• He received full membership in the Académie Royale de Peinture et de Sculpture in 1753, with portraits of fellow artist Jean-Baptiste Oudry and the sculptor Lambert-Sigisbert Adam, both now at the Louvre Museum. 
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