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Marie Antoinette, Queen of France

1828
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Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Marie Antoinette, Queen of France
  • Engraver: Barthélemy Joseph Fulcran Roger (French, Lodève 1767–1841 Saulx-lès-Chartreux)
  • Artist: After Elisabeth Louise Vigée Le Brun (French, Paris 1755–1842 Paris)
  • Publisher: Antoine François Piéri-Bérnard (French, active Paris 1810–37)
  • Sitter: Marie Antoinette, Queen of France (French (born Austria), Vienna 1755–1792 Paris)
  • Date: 1828
  • Medium: Etching; first state before letters
  • Dimensions: Plate: 27 1/4 × 21 in. (69.2 × 53.3 cm)
    Sheet: 31 × 23 in. (78.7 × 58.4 cm)
  • Classification: Prints
  • Credit Line: Gift of Dr. Philip Stimson
  • Object Number: 49.16.1
  • Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints
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