Marie-Denise Villers was a female Neoclassic painter who studied with the famous Anne Louis Girodet-Trioson. This, her most famous painting, was once attributed to Jacques-Louis David - a tribute to it's skillful execution and effective construction. It has been suggested that this is a self-portrait of the artist. The painting is currently in the collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York.
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