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Source Description
This miniature may be copied from a portrait of Marie-Antoinette by Anne Vallayer-Coster, who was one of the queen's favorite artists. Vallayer-Coster was celebrated for her still lifes, but she also received several important portrait commissions from the royal family, perhaps due to the favor shown her by the French queen. Vallayer-Coster's floral still-life miniatures are done with an exquisite technique that is different to that found in this portrait. For this reason, pending further research, this portrait miniature is only tentatively attributed to her.
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Document identity
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6926
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Queen Marie-Antoinette
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Source metadata
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6926
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object
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normalized
title
Queen Marie-Antoinette
description
This miniature may be copied from a portrait of Marie-Antoinette by Anne Vallayer-Coster, who was one of the queen's favorite artists. Vallayer-Coster was celebrated for her still lifes, but she also received several important portrait commissions from the royal family, perhaps due to the favor shown her by the French queen. Vallayer-Coster's floral still-life miniatures are done with an exquisite technique that is different to that found in this portrait. For this reason, pending further research, this portrait miniature is only tentatively attributed to her.
provenance
A. Jay Fink Foundation, Inc., Baltimore, 1963, by bequest; Walters Art Museum, 1963, by gift.
date
1778
citationUrl
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CC0
language
en
genreSpecific
Miniatures
miniatures (paintings)
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1
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1
source
import
dimensionsRaw
3 1/2 in. (8.89 cm)
Source extras
inscriptions
Inscribed right: M.V. Coster 1778
med
watercolor on ivory; vari-colored gold frame
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6418
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EAN
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none
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1
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0
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photo
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