 |
| Élisabeth Vigée Le Brun Portrait of the Comtesse de la Châtre 1789 Metropolitan Museum of Art |
Portraits made of individual Europeans who lived through the decades of the French Revolution and who were in most cases able to preserve lives of fashionable privilege in spite of all the libertarian hoopla.
 |
| Élisabeth Vigée Le Brun Portrait of Alexandre Charles Emmanuel de Crussol-Florensac 1787 Metropolitan Museum of Art |
 |
| Élisabeth Vigée Le Brun Portrait of Madame Grand 1783 Metropolitan Museum of Art |
Of the portrait above – "The sitter, Madame Grand, was a minor celebrity, a beautiful blond born in India, ill-educated but musical and clever, who would eventually become the wife of the minister and diplomat Talleyrand."
Of the portrait below – "Suzanne Le Peletier became a national celebrity at the age of eleven after the murder of her father, the French revolutionary Michel Le Peletier. Following his assassination, Suzanne was officially adopted by the French nation and given the title "daughter of the state."
 |
| Jacques Louis David Portrait of Suzanne Le Peletier de Saint-Fargeau 1804 Getty |
 |
| Antoine-Jean Gros Portrait of François Gérard ca. 1790 Metropolitan Museum of Art |
 |
| Francisco Goya Portrait of Sebastián Martínez y Pérez 1792 Metropolitan Museum of Art |
 |
| Francisco Goya Portrait of General Antonio Ricardos 1793 Prado |
 |
| Francisco Goya Portrait of the Marchioness of Santa Cruz 1805 Prado |
 |
| Henri-Pierre Danloux Portrait drawing of a Young Woman in Profile 1783 Morgan Library |
 |
| John James Masquerier Portrait miniature of Rosoman Mountain ca. 1806 National Portrait Gallery (U.K.) |
 |
| French painter Portrait miniature of an unknown woman ca. 1790 Metropolitan Museum of Art |
 |
| attributed to Jean-Baptiste Sambat Portrait miniature of an unknown man late 18th century Metropolitan Museum of Art |