20180323-Élisabeth Vigee Le Brun-Portrait of Marie Antoinette, Queen of France
Portrait of Marie Antoinette, Queen of France
Élisabeth Vigee Le Brun
ca. 1788
109.5×75.5in.
oil on canvas
New Orleans Museum of Art
法国王后玛利亚·安托瓦内特像
【法国】伊丽莎白·维杰·勒布伦（1755-1842）
约1788年作
109.5×75.5英尺（约276.9×191.8厘米）
布面油画
新奥尔良美术馆
We present today's painting thanks to the New Orleans Museum of Art. 😃
感谢新奥尔良美术馆为我们提供此作。
"I want to see you in your proper place," wrote Maria Theresa, Empress of the Holy Roman Empire and Archduchess of Austria, to her daughter, Marie Antoinette. Politically astute, the Hapsburg Empress was anxious to see her daughter formally portrayed as Queen of France, but few artists met her rigid standards. The exception was Vigée Le Brun. The daughter of a portraitist and wife of a prominent art dealer, she initially painted informal portraits of the Queen and her children. Given the opportunity to paint state portraits, Vigée Le Brun astutely endowed Marie Antoinette with the formal dignity and regal hauteur that would appeal to her imperial parent. Clad in royal blue, her rectitude emphasized by a pillar, the Queen sits at a table that holds her crown. The book in her hands is stamped with the Bourbon and Habsburg coat-of-arts（arms）, symbolizing the union cemented by her marriage to Louis XVI. This magnificent state portrait pleased both the Empress and the Queen. Vigée Le Brun was awarded membership in the Académie Royale and continuing royal patronage.
“我希望看到你适得其所”，神圣罗马帝国王后、奥地利大公玛利娅·特蕾莎（1717-1780）曾在信中对她的女儿玛利亚·安托瓦内特写道。出于敏锐地政治直觉，这位哈布斯堡王朝的女王迫切地想要看到她的女儿作为法国王后被画在画像上，但是很少有画家能满足她严苛的标准，直到维杰·勒布伦的出现。身为一名肖像画家的女儿，同时也是一位著名的艺术品经销商的妻子，勒布伦最初为王后和她的孩子们画非正式的肖像。在被特许绘画正式的皇家肖像之后，她机敏地在画像中展现了玛利亚·安托瓦内特富于尊严同时又君威傲慢的一面，以此来吸引她的皇室双亲。身着皇家蓝礼服，右手轻靠于软枕之上，这让王后的身姿倍显正直庄重，桌子上则摆放着她的王冠。她手中的书上印有波旁皇族以及哈布斯堡皇室的纹章，代表着她与路易十六的联姻将成为巩固这一联盟的保障。这幅无与伦比的画像获得了女王和王后的肯定。维杰·勒布伦也因此获得了皇家绘画雕塑协会的会员席位并开始接受皇家的赞助。
If you would like to see more portraits of the Queen, have a look at this article.
如果你想了解更多王后的画像，请点击这篇文章。
http://www.dailyartmagazine.com/queen-marie-antoinette-portraits/
Don't forget that March is Women's History Month! On this occasion, we try to feature a lot of female artists. 😃
不要忘了三月是女性历史月哦~~~有鉴于此，我们会尽力介绍更多女艺术家。 ：）
