Portrait of Emma, Lady Hamilton as a Bacchante

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Portrait of Emma, Lady Hamilton as a Bacchante is a celebrated neoclassical painting depicting Emma Hamilton in the guise of a Bacchante, created by the renowned French portraitist Élisabeth Vigée Le Brun.

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Portrait of Emma, Lady Hamilton as a Bacchante canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf oil painting ⓘ
painting ⓘ
portrait ⓘ
artForm easel painting ⓘ
artHistoricalSignificance important example of Vigée Le Brun’s mythological portraits ⓘ
notable representation of Emma Hamilton as a classical figure ⓘ
artist Élisabeth Vigée Le Brun ⓘ
associatedWith European Neoclassicism ⓘ
linked to: Neoclassicism

cult of celebrity in the 18th century ⓘ
basedOn Bacchante from Greco-Roman mythology ⓘ
countryOfOrigin France ⓘ
depicts Bacchante ⓘ
Dionysian imagery ⓘ
Emma, Lady Hamilton ⓘ
linked to: Emma Hamilton

classical antiquity theme ⓘ
depictsTimePeriod late 18th century fashion ⓘ
genre Neoclassicism ⓘ
allegorical painting ⓘ
mythological portrait ⓘ
hasArtisticStyle history painting elements ⓘ
idealized realism ⓘ
hasCulturalContext Grand Tour-era fascination with antiquity ⓘ
aristocratic portraiture ⓘ
hasFemaleSubject true ⓘ
hasTheme classical mythology ⓘ
cult of beauty ⓘ
femininity ⓘ
role-play and masquerade ⓘ
sensuality ⓘ
hasTitleCharacter Emma, Lady Hamilton ⓘ
linked to: Emma Hamilton
inception 1790s ⓘ
influencedBy Grand Tour culture ⓘ
linked to: Grand Tour

classical sculpture ⓘ
languageOfTitle English ⓘ
medium oil on canvas ⓘ
movement Neoclassical art ⓘ
linked to: Neoclassicism
notableWorkOf Élisabeth Vigée Le Brun ⓘ
portrays Emma Hamilton as a priestess of Bacchus ⓘ
Emma Hamilton in classical costume ⓘ
portraysMythologicalRole Bacchante, follower of Bacchus ⓘ
subjectNotableRelationship Horatio Nelson ⓘ
subjectOccupation artist’s model ⓘ
muse ⓘ
subjectSpouse Sir William Hamilton ⓘ

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Elisabeth Vigée Le Brun → notableWork → Portrait of Emma, Lady Hamilton as a Bacchante ⓘ