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| François-Hubert Drouais Family Portrait with New Year's Gifts 1756 National Gallery (U.S.) |
Portrait painter François-Hubert Drouais (1727-1775) gained favor early on with Mme. du Barry (below, with pink roses). She was the final woman to occupy the post of official mistress to the aging Louis XV. With her patronage secured, the success of Drouais as fashionable Parisian limner became inevitable.
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| François-Hubert Drouais Madame du Barry 1770 Prado |
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| Jacques Firmin Beauvarlet after François-Hubert Drouais Madame du Barry ca. 1773 etching, engraving Clark Art Institute |
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| François-Hubert Drouais Mademoiselle Doré before 1758 Victoria & Albert Museum |
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| François-Hubert Drouais Madame Sophie de France (sister of Louis XV) 1762 Metropolitan Museum |
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| François-Hubert Drouais Madame de Pompadour 1763-64 Prado |
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| François-Hubert Drouais Marie Antoinette at age 17 1773 Victoria & Albert Museum |
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| François-Hubert Drouais Portrait of the artist's wife 18th century Morgan Library |
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| François-Hubert Drouais Boy with Sketchbook 18th century Morgan Library |
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| François-Hubert Drouais Portrait of a woman (said to be Madame Charles Simon Favart) 1757 Metropolitan Museum |
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| François-Hubert Drouais Portrait of a young woman as a Vestal Virgin 1767 Metropolitan Museum |
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| copy after François-Hubert Drouais future Louis XVI at age 3 (right) & his brother the future Louis XVIII at age 2 (left) early 19th century Royal Collection, Great Britain |