Marie-Antoinette’s Portraitist- VIGÉE LE BRUN
VIGÉE LE BRUN painted her first portrait of Marie-Antoinette in 1778, Marie-Antoinette “en robe à paniers”. This is a full-length, formal representation of the queen in court regalia, wearing a splendidly decorated white satin hoopskirt. While the portrait brilliantly demonstrates Vigée Le Brun’s virtuosity as a court painter, it reveals little of its subject. But [...]
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