Marie-Antoinette

c. 1774

Richard Brookshaw

Associated Names
Richard Brookshaw

Artist, British, 1736 - in or after 1804

This print shows a portrait of a woman from the waist up. She is turned slightly to the right, looking at us, and she has white skin and white hair, arched eyebrows, a straight nose, and a small mouth in a neutral expression. Her curled hair is styled in an elaborate updo with small flowers. The woman is wearing an elegant gown with puffed sleeves and lace detailing around the low neckline. She also has a necklace of small pearls or beads, and flower-shaped earrings. The background features an oval frame enclosing the portrait, set against a gray backdrop. Below the oval frame are two small circular designs that look like small crests or shields.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    mezzotint and etching on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Widener Collection

  • Dimensions

    plate: 10 × 7.2 cm (3 15/16 × 2 13/16 in.)
    sheet: 20.5 × 13.8 cm (8 1/16 × 5 7/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1942.9.1673

  • Series Title

    Portraits of Marie-Antoinette [1942.9.1665-1698]

Associated Artworks

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Commemorative Medal on the Occasion of the Marriage of the Dauphin and Marie -Antoinette

Augustin de Saint-Aubin

1770

Album of Portraits of Queen Marie-Antoinette

Various Artists, René Simier

1815

Death of Louis XV

Louis-Simon Lempereur, Nicolas Delaunay

1774

Artwork history & notes

Inscriptions

recto: in plate, below image, at left: R B f; verso: none

Markings

recto: in plate, below image at right: R B f; verso: none

Watermarks

none

Wikidata ID

Q64961238

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