Marie-Antoinette in Art

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Here is a picture I found on Anna Amber's site, along with some interesting information.http://vivelareine.tumblr.com/post/11584753502

Portrait of Marie Antoinette, Queen of France (1755-1793), three-quarter-length, seated, at the Conciergerie, Paris, in mourning, with a cameo pendant portraying the Dauphin, holding a life of Mary, Queen of Scots, a bust of Louis XVI and the Testament of 23 December 1792 on the draped table beside inscribed ‘HIS.DE LA.M. DE STUAR[T]’ (lower centre, on the book)

I never knew she was reading a book about Mary Queen of Scots.

It does look like the Queen.

Here is a post from Madame Guillotine about all of the Vigée Lebrun portraits of Marie Antoinette.
http://madameguillotine.org.uk/2013/04/16/vigee-lebrun-and-marie-antoinette/

A less-than-contemporary portrayal:



Sorry about the line down the middle, the original was on split between two pages and the image doesn't connect perfectly...

I am so sorry the forum does not show the pic properly. I right clicked on "View image." It really look like Marie-Antoinette!

Oh dear! It shows up fine on my computer. Um. here's the link - maybe that'll be better?

https://2img.net/h/i1285.photobucket.com/albums/a591/viverobespierre/cokacola_zps39b6b4e9.png

Wow. 'Tis herself!

Found this. It looks like an imitation of an original but who knows.

http://www.gogmsite.net/new-content/marie-antoinette-miniature--3.html
http://tiny-librarian.tumblr.com/post/51175581464/miniature-of-marie-antoinette-source

Love it! Here is something I reblogged from Anna Amber's site:
http://teaattrianon.blogspot.com/2013/05/vintage-postcard-of-marie-antoinette.html

The twenty year old Queen by Jean-Baptiste-André Gautier-Dagoty (1740-1786) who often painted her. He is not to be confused with his father, the famed engraver of human anatomy, Jacques Fabien Gautier d'Agoty.
http://www.alaintruong.com/archives/2012/03/23/23839796.html

More paintings of Dagoty, here:

http://teaattrianon.blogspot.com/2013/06/dauphin-louis-joseph-by-jean-baptiste.html

Antoinette on her way to execution:

She's so admirable here... there's dignity and forgiveness in her face at the same time. And how the man on the other side looks her! It's so beautiful, thank you for sharing it!

Another variation on the same theme: Jacques-Louis David draws the famous sketch about her, painted by Joseph Emanuel van den Bussche.

Since I love dolls and figurines, I thought I'd share some of my favorite ones of Marie Antoinette.

From "Historical Figures of George Stuart" (http://www.galleryhistoricalfigures.com/) 

He has made several figurines of the French Queen, each representing a different stage in her life.

I like this hat  

Very unique, Sophie!   And I love the figurines, Princess! 

Two portrait miniatures of Marie Antoinette by Louis Cournerie. (From Vive la reine.)
http://vivelareine.tumblr.com/post/57209997701

http://www.rubylane.com/item/213082-RL10-020/French-Miniature-Painting-Marie-Antoinette Here is an amazing painting of Louis XVI, Marie-Antoinette with their three oldest children. Louis-Charles is the smaller child in a dress.  (I was not able to post the picture so click on the link.

Also, for those interested, here is my Marie-Antoinette board on Pinterest.
http://pinterest.com/maryeileenr/marie-antoinette/

Box with miniature of the Queen
https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=593204967389563&set=a.593204360722957.1073741885.586027988107261&type=1&theater

Originally from Madame Guillotine.

http://pinterest.com/pin/404057397789007027/
It is amazing how hairstyles shot up in the mid-1770's.

Elena wrote:Here is an amazing painting of Louis XVI, Marie-Antoinette with their three oldest children. Louis-Charles is the smaller child in a dress.

Oh, I've just realized how cute they all look like together! A quite normal family with some "abnormal" responsibilities that bittered they daily life...

http://tiny-librarian.tumblr.com/post/63947628407/portrait-of-louis-xvi-marie-antoinette-and-the


Another rare picture of the entire royal family. The Queen has her hands clasped like a Madonna.

Elena, I love that last one. It really does look like a religious painting of some sort.

Really lovely! Now here is a piece of massive stupidity:
http://blogs.vancouversun.com/2013/10/23/holly-marie-armishaw-reflective-surfaces-with-conceptual-depth/
They think they are being ironic to show Marie-Antoinette reading Rousseau! Well guess what! Marie-Antoinette DID read Rousseau, and even went to visit his grave! 

HOW IRONIC!!  Yes, MA read Rousseau. They even have her doing so in the Coppola film.

From Vive la Reine:
http://vivelareine.tumblr.com/post/65280415234

Well admittedly, the author of the article adds the caveat that "Whether or not the real Marie-Antoinette had anything to do with Rousseau is irrelevant." She acknowledges the possibility. And I'd agree with her that Antoinette's early fascination with Rousseau is pretty ironic, considering his egalitarian theories and how he inspired the revolutionaries to, y'know, revolutionize...

Yes. I think what the Queen admired was his back-to-nature philosophy and his ideas on education. But, yes, it is ironic. The real Rousseau gave all of his own children to an orphanage so he would not have to take care of them.