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| Jeanne-Marie de Surigny Miniature portrait of Marie-Suzanne Doucet de Surigny ca. 1790 watercolor on ivory Nationalmuseum, Stockholm |
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| Jeanne-Marie de Surigny Miniature of Étienne-Cyprien Renouard de Bussièrre de Roche ca. 1790 watercolor on ivory Nationalmuseum, Stockholm |
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| Rosalba Carriera Miniature portrait of unknown man before 1757 watercolor on ivory Nationalmuseum, Stockholm |
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| Adélaïde Labille-Guiard Miniature portrait of Madame Lefranc painting the portrait of her husband Charles Lefranc 1779 watercolor on ivory Nationalmuseum, Stockholm |
"Between 1780 and 1810 many French women painters reached impressive heights of artistic achievement and professional success. Despite a cap on the number of women admitted to France's prestigious Académie Royale de Peinture et de Sculpture, and restrictions that barred women from the life-drawing classes attended by young men aspiring to paint historical narratives, women ranked among the most sought-after artists in Paris in the 1780s. Three of the Académie's four female members – Adélaïde Labille-Guiard (1749-1803), Anne Vallayer-Coster (1744-1818), and Élisabeth Vigée-Lebrun (1755-1842) – regularly exhibited at the biennial Salons."
"Royal women were the most important patrons for many women artists. Vallayer-Coster, who joined the Académie in 1770, painted portraits and scenes from everyday life, but was chiefly admired for her still lifes of flowers, seashells, and fruit. However, it was her figural painting that won her the patronage of Queen Marie Antoinette and Mesdames Adélaïde and Victoire, the powerful daughters of King Louis XV. These same patrons supported Labille-Guiard and Vigée-Lebrun, who were both admitted on May 31, 1783. Marie Antoinette played an important role in the admission of Vigée-Lebrun, one of her favorite portraitists, and in 1787 Labille-Guiard was named First Painter to Mesdames."
– from an essay by Laura Auricchio on the Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History from the Metropolitan Museum, New York
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| Anne Vallayer-Coster Portrait of a violinist 1773 oil on canvas Nationalmuseum, Stockholm |
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| Ulrica Pasch Portrait of Adolf Ludvig Stierneld 1780 oil on canvas Nationalmuseum, Stockholm |
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| Élisabeth Vigée-Lebrun Portrait of unknown young woman as the goddess Flora 1811 oil on canvas Nationalmuseum, Stockholm |
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| Marie-Gabrielle Capet Miniature portrait of Stéphanie-Félicité Ducrest de St Aubin before 1818 watercolor on ivory Nationalmuseum, Stockholm |
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| Fanny Charrin Miniature portrait of unknown woman ca. 1820-30 watercolor on ivory Nationalmuseum, Stockholm |
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| Sophie-Clémence Delacazette Miniature portrait of unknown woman ca. 1830 watercolor on ivory Nationalmuseum, Stockholm |
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| Christina Robertson Miniature portrait of actress Helen Fraser before 1854 watercolor on ivory Nationalmuseum, Stockholm |
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| Pauline Augustin Miniature portrait of unknown man before 1865 watercolor on ivory Nationalmuseum, Stockholm |
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| Amalia Lindegren Portrait of unknown woman 1859 oil on canvas Nationalmuseum, Stockholm |
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| Hildegard Thorell Portrait of Hildegard and Alfhild Tamm 1882 oil on canvas Nationalmuseum, Stockholm |