Portrait of Marie-Thérèse, Princesse de Lamballe (1749-92), 1788. Anton Hickel (1745-1798). Oil on c
Portrait of Marie-Thérèse, Princesse de Lamballe (1749-92), 1788. Anton Hickel (1745-1798). Oil on canvas. Liechtenstein Museum.The portrait gives no hint of the dark events that were to follow and shows the princess writing at her desk. There is great brilliance in the rendering of diverse fabrics: the gleaming satin of the dress, the carpet with its floral pattern, and the wood of the desk. It gives a very immediate sense of the refinement and opulence of cultivated living in France on the eve of the French Revolution. -- source link
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