Madame d’’Aguesseau de Fresnes
Elisabeth Louise Vigée Le Brun
1789
Elisabeth Louise Vigée Le Brun, Marie Antoinette's favorite portraitist, masterfully captures late 18th-century French aristocratic flair in this stunning 1789 portrait. The subject lounges on a plush green sofa, sporting a dramatic white headdress with gold trim and a playful polka-dot gown. Painted right on the eve of the French Revolution, the piece perfectly encapsulates the lavish Rococo spirit just before the monarchy came crashing down. You can almost feel the delicious tension between the sitter's serene smile and the impending historical storm!
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