Marie Antoinette in Court Dress
Returned to lender
This work of art was on loan to the museum and has since been returned to its lender.In 1777, Empress Maria Theresa of Austria wrote to her daughter Marie Antoinette (1755–1793) asking for a portrait. Vigée Le Brun received the commission, her first from the queen. She remembered that the queen "walked better than any other woman in France, holding her head very high with a majesty that singled her out in the midst of the entire court."
Artwork Details
- Title: Marie Antoinette in Court Dress
- Artist: Elisabeth Louise Vigée Le Brun (French, Paris 1755–1842 Paris)
- Date: 1778
- Medium: Oil on canvas
- Dimensions: 107 1/2 in. × 76 in. (273 × 193.5 cm)
- Classification: Paintings
- Credit Line: Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna, Gemäldegalerie (GG 2772)
- Curatorial Department: European Paintings