I admit, winter wear, 18th century style, don't look so warm to me. Fur lined capes and muffs must be wamr enough, but dainty shoes? Not very practical to me.
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| Madame Mole Raymond by Élizabeth Vigée Le Brun. 1787. |
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| Louise Henriette de Bourbon, Duchesse de Chartres and Duchesse d'Orléans |
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| Comtesse de Tillieres by Jean-Marc Nattier, 1750 |
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| Madame Francois Tronchin by Jean-Etienne Liotard, 1758 |
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| Maria Fredericke van Reede-Athlone at age 7 by Jean-Etienne Liotard |
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| Henriette Caroline Christine of Hesse-Darmstadt by Johann Georg Ziesenis |
It seems a bit uncomfortable to wear a fur choker, but it does finish off the look and would provide a good way to get rid of fleas- just take off the choker and shake over an open fire...
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| Mme Georges Gougenot de Croissy by Jean-Baptiste Greuze, 1757 |
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| Mrs. Wilbraham Bootle by George Romney, 1781 |
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| Marie Dolignon Mrs Philip Dauncey by James Northcote, 1789 |
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| Empress Maria Theresa by Jean-Etienne Liotard |
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Another version, I assume.
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| Angelika Kauffman by Nathaniel Dance |
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| Lady said to be Madame Katinka by Nathaniel Dance. It has been living on my harddrive for years, so I don't know where I found it now. |
Apart from the fur, I love that her hair is just powdered around her face. A much easier look to pull off for a re-enactor than a fully powdered hair do, I think.
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| Mélanie de Forbin by G. Louis Le Barbier Le Jeune |
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| Marie-Josephe of Saxony, Dauphine of France by Jean Martial Fredou, 1747 |
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| Maria Antonia von Bayern by Pietro Antonio Graf Rotari |
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| Maria Josepha von Bayern probably by Martin van Meytens. ca. 1765 |
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| Queen Maria Carolina by Francesco Liani |
The fabric looks like it has spots woven into the fabric. Very pretty.
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| Madame Freret-Dericour by Joseph-Siffred Duplessis, 1769 |
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| Queen Sophie Dorothea of Prussia by Antoine Pesne, 1737 |
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| The Baroness Bonne-Marie-Joséphine-Gabrielle Bernard de Boulainvilliers by Elisabeth Vigée-Lebrun, 1785 |
Haha, most of the fur is just silly and for show, and not really functional at all. I really want a fur muff, though, but I think I'll make it out of fake fur.
ReplyDeleteI absolutely adore fur. I have several vintage pieces and I'm even wearing fur-lined slippers. Love these paintings!
ReplyDeleteI have a fur muff! It's lined in silk and very warm of course.
ReplyDeletePernilla L: Indeed they do! I plan to make one in fake fur as well.
ReplyDeleteLauren: I love fur, but can't make myself weaing new fur for etical reasons and vintage fur because I have an (irrational) fear of creepy crawlies in them.
Carol Dent: I can imagine it is!
These portraits are so exquisitely rendered that their subjects' distinct PERSONALITIES seem to shine through, undimmed by time !
ReplyDeleteFor example ...
If anyone enjoyed an occasional "naughty remark" it was obviously Louise Henriette de Bourbon, Duchesse de Chartres and Duchesse d'Orléans ! (Especially if it involved one of her rivals.)
And, whether in pitched battle or a mere game of bridge, Henriette Caroline Christine of Hesse-Darmstadt was surely someone to have on YOUR side.
As for the REAL reason behind Gabrielle Emilie Le Tonnelier de Breteuil, marquise du Chatelet's second, more vivacious portrait ... ? I suspect it may have had something to do with her pride at possessing one of her era's more successful facelifts.
The accuracy of my observations notwithstanding, THANK YOU for assembling such a glamorous gallery !