Monday, April 8, 2013

Marie-Joseph Chenier (1800)

By Marie-Gabrielle Capet, this is Portrait of Marie-Joseph Chenier.


Marie-Gabrielle Capet (1761-1818) was another female Neoclassic painter. She was primarily a portrait painter. Here's her self-portrait from 1783:


The subject of the above portrait, Marie-Joseph Blaise de Chénier, was a poet, dramatist and politician. His works were said to have a role in sparking the French Revolution.


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