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Marie Antoinette and Her Children is an oil painting by the French artist Élisabeth Vigée Le Brun, painted in 1787. It shows Marie Antoinette, the consort of King Louis XVI, wearing a red velvet gown with sable lining. Her younger son, the future Louis XVII, sits on her lap while her daughter, Marie-Thérèse, leans on her arm.
Marie Antoinette in chemise dress, 1783. She wears a sheer, striped sash and a broad-brimmed hat. Her sleeves are poufed, probably with drawstrings. French robe à l'anglaise with fashionable closed bodice, 1784–87, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. Marie Antoinette wears the popularized turban, with a scarf wrapped around it. Her collar ...
Marie Antoinette (/ ˌ æ n t w ə ˈ n ɛ t, ˌ ɒ̃ t-/; [1] French: [maʁi ɑ̃twanɛt] ⓘ; Maria Antonia Josefa Johanna; 2 November 1755 – 16 October 1793) was the last Queen of France prior to the French Revolution and the establishment of the French First Republic. Marie Antoinette was the wife of Louis XVI.
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The extravagant styles of the French Royal court racked up enormous debts to keep up its pace, at the peasants' expense. Such fashion sprees notably ruined Marie Antoinette's reputation, and were one of the many factors paving the way for the French Revolution. [13] Marie Antoinette the Queen of France, in extravagant 18th century French fashion
A mysterious 18th century necklace made from around 500 diamonds, some of which are believed to have been taken from a piece that contributed to French Queen Marie Antoinette's demise, will go on ...
The innovative Galerie des modes is the most expansive and perhaps the best known project of the print merchants Jacques Esnauts (or Esnault) and Michel Rapilly. Both of these men hailed from the region of Normandy (Esnauts came from Magny-le-Désert, and Rapilly came from Pirou), and the name of their publishing house, Ville de Coutances, reflects these common origins.
Historian Evelyn Farr compiled a set of revealing letters between Marie Antoinette and Swedish count and diplomat, Axel von Fersen. New book claims Marie Antoinette had 2 secret love children Skip ...