Marie Antoinette
n.d.
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
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 ( ) · –