"depicted in her room, marie-antoinette plays the harp, surrounded by singers. In versailles, the queen gave numerous concerts, notably in the castle gardens. She also organized private auditions in her small apartments, as well as at trianon. Although it is largely artificial, this representation of the queen at her toilet (left) is unique: madame bertin, with a black headdress, presents a box of feathers (a scene which must have actually taken place in the queen's interior apartment and not in her bedroom) while the hairdressers, in the back right, prepare a false hairstyle. The mirror corresponds well to the one used by marie-antoinette. It had belonged to the mother of louis xvi. " juliette trey [1]. Object Type: painting. Genre: genre art. Date: 1775. Dimensions: height: 67.5 cm (26.5 in) ; width: 54.5 cm (21.4 in). Medium: gouache paint and paper. Depicted People: Marie Antoinette, Louis XVI of France, Jean-Baptiste André Gautier-Dagoty. Collection: Museum of the History of France. Marie Antoinette Young7
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