Marie antoinette with a rose: «in a rural landscape reminiscent of the vegetation of the trianon, a young woman wearing a blue silk dress with puffy drapes on the hips and adorned with lace holds a blossomed rose in her long hands, a symbol of the ephemeral. It offers that flower as it seems to offer that voluptuous breast, the contours of which can be glimpsed through a light chiffon flounce. The long and sinuous neck, adorned with two rows of pearls, gives a majestic grace to that elegant figure. The fleshy mouth in the long oval of the face is mischievous, but the blue gaze, capable of expressing benevolence or hostility with notable intensity, betrays a touch of melancholy. » (evelyn lever, marie antoinette - the last queen, milan, 2007)
this is perhaps the best-known portrait of the queen and le brun was commissioned many copies with the same subject. Object Type: painting. Genre: portrait. Date: 1783. Dimensions: height: 113 cm (44.4 in); width: 87 cm (34.2 in). Medium: oil on canvas. Depicted People: Marie Antoinette. Collection: Palace of Versailles. Marie Antoinette Adult4
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