Madame Guillotine
Kill them all if they won't eat cake.
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Somewhat surprisingly, considering that she meticulously listed her sitters, many portraits by Vigée-Lebrun remain unidentified. This is one example, which I have been studying for quite a while as it is such a lovely painting and it seems odd that no one has managed to identify the sitter.
I’m no expert but I am guessing a date of circa 1780-4 judging by the lady’s dress and hairstyle, which narrows it down to quite a few possibilities, including the Duchesse de Chaulnes, Marie Antoinette’s lady in waiting, who was painted in 1781…
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