Portrait of Queen Marie Antoinette known as ‘with the rose’
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Where can you see the original at the Palace of Versailles?
The famous portrait of Queen Marie Antoinette 'with the rose' is kept at the Museum of the Palaces of Versailles and Trianon, where visitors can admire this iconic work created by the artist in 1783.
Who is the painter behind the work?
Élisabeth Louise Vigée Le Brun, Marie Antoinette's official painter and confidante, produced around thirty portraits of the queen and is considered the artist who best captured the essence and grace of the sovereign.
What message does the rose convey in this painting?
In this portrait, the rose delicately held by Marie Antoinette conveys a double symbolic message: on the one hand, it represents the beauty, grace and femininity of the sovereign, in accordance with the traditional iconography of this flower. On the other hand, it subtly evokes the queen's Habsburg origins and contributes to the construction of a refined and benevolent image, intended to restore her reputation after the controversies aroused by her previous portraits.
How is the portrait of Queen Marie Antoinette known as 'à la rose' described?
This portrait shows Marie Antoinette in a three-quarter view, delicately holding a rose in her left hand, dressed in an elegant blue-grey silk gown adorned with lace and pearls.