Self-Portrait Painting Marie Antoinette
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| Artist | Elisabeth Vigée Le Brun |
| Year | 1790 |
Self-Portrait Painting Marie Antoinette is a 1790 painting by Élisabeth Vigée Le Brun in the collection of the Uffizi in Florence. Le Brun painted the work in Rome after fleeing France to escape the French Revolution in 1789. She conceived the work as a demonstration of her support for the French Queen.[1] She intended to give the work to the Grand Duke of Tuscany for the gallery that he maintained of artists' self-portraits.[2]: 229
Description
[edit]Elisabeth presents herself with the same warm, engaging smile that distinguished her earlier self-portraits. She is dressed in an elegant black silk robe, which reflects her elevated status, and it is accentuated by a vivid red sash at her waist. Atop her brown curls sits a white turban-like cloth, evoking the headdresses frequently seen in Rembrandt’s self-portraits.[1]
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Self-portrait, Elisabet Vigée Le Brun". Uffizi Galleries. Retrieved 2024-12-17.
- ^ Sheriff, Mary D. (1996). The exceptional woman : Elisabeth Vigée-Lebrun and the cultural politics of art. Chicago : University of Chicago Press. ISBN 978-0-226-75275-4.