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| Marie Antoinette in Court Dress |
Artist:Élisabeth Louise Vigée Le Brun (French, Paris 1755–1842 Paris)
Date:1778
Medium:Oil on canvas
Dimensions:107 1/2 in. × 76 in. (273 × 193.5 cm)
Classification:Paintings
Credit Line:Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna, Gemäldegalerie (GG 2772)
In 1777, Empress Maria Theresa of Austria wrote to her daughter Marie Antoinette (1755–1793) asking for a portrait. Vigée Le Brun received the commission, her first from the queen. She remembered that the queen "walked better than any other woman in France, holding her head very high with a majesty that singled her out in the midst of the entire court."
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