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| Keywords: Adrienne-lafayette-mw4967.jpg Painting Creator Adélaïde Labille-Guiard <small>In her earlier portraits of French nobility Adélaïde Labille-Guiard had proven herself adept at rendering intricate details of elaborate clothing furniture and architecture In Presumed Portrait of the Marquise de Lafayette 1759 �1807 however the artist demonstrates how effective an image she can create using a minimal number of elements In 1774 Adrienne de Noailles member of a powerful family of French aristocrats had married the marquis de Lafayette This portrait presumed to depict her was most likely painted in 1790 By that time the marquise's husband had already become well known in both French and American politics Appropriately Labille-Guiard's sitter wears a simple dress of the type favored by women during the early years of the French Revolution She wears no ornate jewelry She is not posed in an elaborate architectural setting and even the landscape behind the marquise is relatively restrained in keeping with the simplicity of her apparel and her pose Her somewhat tentative smile emphasizes the sitter's physical attractiveness without unduly flattering her NOTE It was discovered in 2006 after examining a well known original portrait now at Chateau La Grange -outside Paris painted at approximately the same age of sitter that this portrait is definitely NOT Adrienne Lafayette Adrienne Lafayette had large BROWN eyes but the unknown sitter here has very different facial features and clear BLUE eyes </small> 1790 Oil on canvas in 30 75 24 75 National Museum of Women in the Arts Washington D C credit line Gift of Wallace and Wilhelmina Holladay http //www nmwa org/collection/detail asp WorkID 4967 http //www nmwa org/works/portrait-woman-presumed-portrait-marquise-de-lafayette National Museum of Women in the Arts other versions PD-old-100 DEFAULTSORT 1790; Adrienne de La Fayette Adélaïde Labille-Guiard Paintings in the National Museum of Women in the Arts Adrienne de La Fayette 1790 oil on canvas paintings in the United States Portrait 1790 portrait paintings from France 18th-century oil oval portraits of women at bust length 18th-century oil oval portraits of women at half length 18th-century portrait paintings in the United States Feathered headdresses in art female Female headgear in art Portrait paintings of women of France Lafayette Adrienne de Purple clothing in art female | ||||
