portraits of Marie Antoinette

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The portraits of Marie Antoinette are iconic late-18th-century royal images that helped shape the public image of the French queen before the Revolution.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf artistic theme ⓘ
iconographic corpus ⓘ
visual representations of historical figure ⓘ
aimedToConvey maternal virtue ⓘ
political legitimacy ⓘ
royal dignity ⓘ
wealth and luxury ⓘ
artMovement Neoclassicism ⓘ
Rococo ⓘ
associatedWith Ancien Régime ⓘ
French monarchy ⓘ
Kingdom of France ⓘ
circulation displayed at Salon exhibitions in Paris ⓘ
distributed across European courts ⓘ
reproduced as prints ⓘ
commissionedBy French royal court ⓘ
Louis XVI of France ⓘ
Marie Antoinette ⓘ
culturalSignificance iconic images of pre-revolutionary French royalty ⓘ
key sources for visual memory of Marie Antoinette ⓘ
depict Marie Antoinette ⓘ
genre court portraiture ⓘ
royal portraiture ⓘ
iconography queen as fashionable trendsetter ⓘ
queen as mother with children ⓘ
queen in elaborate court dress ⓘ
queen in pastoral or rustic dress ⓘ
queen with symbols of monarchy ⓘ
influencedBy French Rococo aesthetics ⓘ
linked to: Rococo

Habsburg court portrait traditions ⓘ
locationOfExamples Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna ⓘ
Louvre Museum ⓘ
Palace of Versailles ⓘ
various European and American museum collections ⓘ
material engraving ⓘ
miniature on ivory ⓘ
oil on canvas ⓘ
pastel ⓘ
notableArtist Alexander Kucharsky ⓘ
François-Hubert Drouais ⓘ
Jean-Baptiste Gautier-Dagoty ⓘ
Joseph Ducreux ⓘ
Élisabeth Louise Vigée Le Brun ⓘ
notableWorkExample Marie Antoinette and Her Children (1787) by Vigée Le Brun ⓘ
Marie Antoinette in a Chemise Dress (1783) by Vigée Le Brun ⓘ
Marie Antoinette with a Rose (1783) by Vigée Le Brun ⓘ
timePeriod late 18th century ⓘ
usedFor court representation ⓘ
dynastic propaganda ⓘ
shaping royal public image ⓘ

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Elisabeth Vigée Le Brun → knownFor → portraits of Marie Antoinette ⓘ
portraits of Marie Antoinette → notableWorkExample → Marie Antoinette in a Chemise Dress (1783) by Vigée Le Brun ⓘ
linked to: portraits of Marie Antoinette