27 Style Evolution of Marie Antoinette

Image Citations:

Fig. 1. Georg Weikert after Martin Mytens. “The Triumph of Love”:  A Ballet performed by the Archdukes and Archduchesses of Austria on the Occasion of Joseph II’s Marriage [detail]. 1765, oil on canvas, 183 x  145 cm. Versailles, Musée National des Châteaux de Versailles et de Trianon. From Caroline Weber, Queen of Versailles. New York:  Henry Holt and Company, 2006. Plate 2.

Fig. 2. Joseph Ducreux. Archduchess Maria Antonia of Austria, the later Queen Marie Antoinette of France. 1769, oil on canvas, 64.8 x 49.5 cm. Versailles, Musée National des Châteaux de Versailles et de Trianon. Available from: Wikipedia: The Free Encyclopedia. Accessed May 17, 2019. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Marie_Antoinette_Young3.jpg.

Fig. 3. Louis-August Brun. Marie Antoinette on Horseback. 1783, oil on canvas, 59 x 64.5 cm. Versailles, Musée National des Châteaux de Versailles et de Trianon. From Château de Versailles. Accessed May 17, 2019. https://artsandculture.google.com/asset/marie-antoinette-queen-of-france-riding/BQHI5KLm9WXZ1w.

Fig. 4. Élisabeth Vigee-Lebrun. Archduchess Marie Antoinette, Queen of France. 1778, oil on canvas, 273 x 193.5 cm. Inventory number:  GG 2772. Vienna, Kunsthistorisches Museum Wien. From Kunsthistorisches Museum Wien. Accessed May 17, 2019. https://www.khm.at/de/object/af5d5ef248/.

Fig. 5. Élisabeth Vigee-Lebrun. Marie Antoinette in a Chemise Dress. 1783, oil on canvas, 89.8 × 72 cm. Kronberg, Hessische Hausstiftung. From The Metropolitan Museum of Art. Accessed May 17, 2019. https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/656930.

Fig. 6. Adolf Ulrik Wertmuller. Queen Marie Antoinette of France and two of her Children Walking in The Park of Trianon. 1785, oil on canvas, 1940 x 2760 cm. Stockholm, Nationalmuseum. Available from: Google Arts & Culture. Accessed May 17, 2019. https://artsandculture.google.com/asset/queen-marie-antoinette-of-france-and-two-of-her-children-walking-in-the-park-of-trianon/AwGGo0NUum8ruw?hl=en.

Fig. 7. Élisabeth Vigée Le Brun. Marie Antoinette and Her Children. 1787, oil on canvas, 275 × 216.5 cm. Accession number:  MV 4520. Versailles, Musée National des Châteaux de Versailles et de Trianon. From The Metropolitan Museum of Art. Accessed May 17, 2019. https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/656654.

Fig. 8. Alexander Kucharski. Queen Marie Antoinette. 1790s, pastel on paper, 57 x 47 cm. Private collection. Available from: Wikipedia: The Free Encyclopedia. Accessed May 17, 2019. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Alexander_Kucharski,_La_Reine_Marie-Antoinette_(ann%C3%A9es_1790).jpg.

Fig. 9. William Hamilton. Marie Antoinette being taken to her Execution, October 16, 1793. 1794, oil on canvas, 152 x 197 cm. Vizille, Musée de la Révolution française. Available from: Wikipedia: The Free Encyclopedia. Accessed May 17, 2019. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Marie_Antoinette_being_taken_to_her_Execution,_1794.jpg.