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Marie Antoinette and Her Children, also known as Marie Antoinette of Lorraine-Habsburg, Queen of France, and Her Children [a] is an oil painting by the French artist Élisabeth Vigée Le Brun, painted in 1787, and currently displayed at the Palace of Versailles. [1] Its dimensions are 275 by 216.5 cm (108.3 by 85.2 in). [2]
The Hameau de la Reine (French pronunciation: [amo də la ʁɛn], The Queen's Hamlet) is a rustic retreat in the park of the Château de Versailles built for Marie Antoinette in 1783 near the Petit Trianon in Yvelines, France. It served as a private meeting place for the queen and her closest friends and as a place of leisure.
The pose did not change in the new portrait. The queen is dressed in a classic blue-grey silk dress with a large striped ribbon bow and rich pearl jewelry, which were considered more suitable for a queen of France. [5] The artist intentionally portrayed the queen in a silk dress to show the queen's support for the silk-weavers of Lyon. [2] The ...
The main construction of Versailles took place in four campaigns between 1664 and 1710 Palace of Versailles, the building's evolution. The Palace of Versailles is a royal château in Versailles, Yvelines, in the Île-de-France region of France.
The Legacy of Homer: Four Centuries of Art from the École Nationale Supérieure Des Beaux-Arts, Paris. Yale University Press. ISBN 0300109180; Viardot, Louis (1883). The masterpieces of French art illustrated: being a biographical history of art in France, from the earliest period to and including the Salon of 1882, Volume 1; The Hector ...
Napoleon Receiving the Queen of Prussia at Tilsit (French: Napoléon Ier reçoit la reine de Prusse à Tilsitt, 6 juillet 1807) is an 1837 history painting by the French artist Nicolas Gosse. [1] It depicts a scene on 6 July 1807 during the negotiations of the Treaty of Tilsit during the Napoleonic Wars .
Pages in category "Paintings in the Palace of Versailles" The following 44 pages are in this category, out of 44 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
Versailles, once the residence of the House of Bourbon during the Ancien régime before the French Revolution, had been abandoned for several decades. During the July Monarchy Louis Philippe oversaw its restoration as a national museum. Vernet's painting commemorates its inauguration on 10 June 1837.