Portrait of Marie Antoinette with her Children

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"Portrait of Marie Antoinette with her Children" is a late 18th-century state portrait depicting the French queen as a dignified and nurturing mother, painted to rehabilitate her public image on the eve of the French Revolution.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf painting ⓘ
state portrait ⓘ
appliedOn canvas ⓘ
artHistoricalSignificance key example of royal image-making before the French Revolution ⓘ
associatedWithEvent declining popularity of Marie Antoinette ⓘ
associatedWithTheme dynastic continuity ⓘ
legitimacy of the Bourbon monarchy ⓘ
collection Musée national des châteaux de Versailles et de Trianon ⓘ
commissionedBy French court ⓘ
countryOfOrigin France ⓘ
creator Élisabeth Louise Vigée Le Brun ⓘ
creatorGender female ⓘ
creatorNationality French ⓘ
depicts Louis Charles, Duke of Normandy ⓘ
Louis Joseph, Dauphin of France ⓘ
Marie Antoinette ⓘ
Marie Thérèse of France ⓘ
depictsArchitectureElement column ⓘ
depictsClothingStyle late 18th-century French court fashion ⓘ
depictsDynasty House of Bourbon ⓘ
depictsEmptyCradle yes ⓘ
depictsGesture maternal affection ⓘ
presentation of heirs ⓘ
depictsRegalia canopy or drapery ⓘ
royal furnishings ⓘ
depictsRole nurturing mother ⓘ
queen consort of France ⓘ
depictsSetting interior of the Tuileries or royal apartment ⓘ
exhibitedAt Salon of 1787 ⓘ
genre portrait ⓘ
propaganda painting ⓘ
royal portrait ⓘ
hasColorPalette golden tones ⓘ
rich reds and blues ⓘ
hasPerspective frontal composition ⓘ
hasStyle formal court portraiture ⓘ
inception 1787 ⓘ
location Palace of Versailles ⓘ
mainSubject French monarchy ⓘ
motherhood ⓘ
materialUsed oil paint ⓘ
movement Neoclassicism ⓘ
originalLanguageTitle fr ⓘ
politicalContext eve of the French Revolution ⓘ
purpose rehabilitation of Marie Antoinette's public image ⓘ
symbolizes death of Marie Antoinette's youngest child ⓘ
stability of the monarchy ⓘ
titleInFrench Marie-Antoinette d’Autriche, reine de France, et ses enfants ⓘ
linked to: Marie Antoinette

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Elisabeth Vigée Le Brun → notableWork → Portrait of Marie Antoinette with her Children ⓘ
portraits of Marie Antoinette → notableWorkExample → Marie Antoinette and Her Children (1787) by Vigée Le Brun ⓘ
linked to: Portrait of Marie Antoinette with her Children