![]() ![]() Looking at this work we take away an impression of Ducreaux as a man full of character and possessed of a sense of fun and, I suspect, a rich vein of humour. He strove to convey an impression of the character of the sitter through facial expression in these self-portraits, so shows himself here as a rambunctious, mischievous sort of fellow and one who absolutely must be the centre of attention. She was born an Archduchess of Austria, and was the penultimate child and youngest daughter of Empress Maria Theresa and. From within the canvas he presents an assured, self-possessed figure pointing and laughing directly at the audience. Marie Antoinette ( / ntwnt, t -/ 1 French: mai twant ( listen) Marie Antoinette Josphe Jeanne 2 November 1755 16 October 1793) was the last queen of France before the French Revolution. In addition to his celebrated portraiture, Ducreux also had something of a line in somewhat more unusual self-portraits, and this work is one of them. She was so pleased with the work that Ducreaux was eventually named First Painter to the Queen, a somewhat controversial appointment given that he was not even a member of the Royal Academy of Painting and Sculpture! Still, what the queen wanted, the queen got, so the artist was duly honoured with the coveted title. It was painted in 1791 and received its first exhibition in 1793, by which point Ducreaux was already well-established as a painter with some illustrious clients.ĭucreaux had painted Marie Antoinette prior to her marriage to the man who would become Louis XVI. ![]() The painting is, of course, Joseph Ducreux's Portrait de l'artiste sous les traits d'un moqueur or, to give it its English title, Self Portrait of the Artist in the Guise of a Mockingbird. ![]()
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