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Marie Antoinette

Marie Antoinette by Unidentified

Medium

Graphic Arts-Print

Classification

Graphic Arts-Print

Department

Smithsonian Collection

Museum

Smithsonian American Art Museum

Credit

Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of John Gellatly

Accession Number

1929.7.64

Tags

Frencharistocratbust

Art Historical Context

This evocative print, titled *Marie Antoinette*, captures infamous French queen in a bust portrait, highlighting her aristocratic poise and elaborate attire. Created by an unidentified artist (n.d.) using graphic arts techniques, it exemplifies printed reproductions that popularized royal imagery during and after the Ancien Régime. Such prints, often produced via engraving or etching, allowed for widespread dissemination of portraits, making elite figures accessible to a broader public. Marie Antoinette (1755–1793), the Austrian-born consort of Louis XVI, became a symbol of royal excess amid ...

About the Artist

Unidentified ( ) ·

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