Name/Title
Engraving, Marie AntoinetteContext
French hand-colored engraving by Barthélemy Roger (1770-1841), after Jean J. Monanteuil (1785-1860), and after Alexandre Roslin, called "le Seudois"(1718-1793), ca. 1828.
The large formal portrait print of Marie Antoinette depicts the Queen of France (1755-1792) in an elaborate ruffled court dress and she is wearing a so called "fontange", a high headdress popular during the18th centuries France. The background landscape is framed by a massive velvet drape tied back with tassels and two large marble columns.
The work recalls the portraits of Elisabeth Vigée-Le Brun, a prominent French artist who was a friend and confidant of Marie Antoinette, and painted about 30 portraits of her between 1778 and 1788.
Gift of Mrs. Leonidas T. Barrow.Acquisition
Accession
1959.01Source or Donor
Mrs. Leonidas T. Barrow (Laura Thomson)Acquisition Method
GiftCredit Line
In Mem of donor's mother, Laura Driscoll Thomson (Mrs. Henry D.) of San Antonio