![]() Empress Elisabeth Of Austria By Franz Xaver Winterhalter Photograph of a portrait of Elisabeth, Empress of Austria after Franz Xaver Winterhalter, 1865, via Royal Collection Trust, LondonĮmpress Elisabeth of Austria also known as Sisi was quite an extraordinary character. A year before painting this royal portrait Rokotov became their court painter.Ħ. In her coronation portrait painted by Fyodor Rokotov in 1763, Catherine the Great is shown dressed in a regal silver dress with an ermine robe. She supported the ideas of the Russian Age of Enlightenment. She was a patron of the arts and contributed greatly to the cultural awakening in Russia. She came to the throne after her husband Peter III of Russia was dethroned. Catherine II The Great By Fyodor Rokotov Catherine II by Fyodor Rokotov, 1763, in The State Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow, via Google Arts and CultureĬatherine II the Great was the Empress of Russia from 1762 to 1796. The portrait was first commissioned as a gift for Philip V of Spain, but Louis XIV decided to keep the original for himself.ĥ. The king is also shown with a sword next to his hip symbolizing his power. The patterns of the robe show fleur-de-lis, a lily that symbolizes the French monarchy. The painting shows a royal portrait of an absolute monarch dressed in his coronation robe. In Hyacinthe Rigaud’s portrait from 1701, we see Louis XIV in full-length. Louis XIV was a French king famous for saying “I am the state.” Louis XIV became known as the Sun King who ruled by the divine right God had given him. Louis XIV By Hyacinthe Rigaud Portrait of Louis XIV (1638-1715) King of France by Hyacinthe Rigaud, 1701, via The Louvre, Paris ![]() During his long career, he painted over 1000 paintings. Jovanovic is one of the most famous Serbian painters who lived for almost 100 years. In this royal portrait painted by Paja Jovanovic, Maria is shown fashionably dressed wearing a diadem. She was a big fan of automobiles and enjoyed driving long distances. Her mother was Marie of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha, the last queen of Romania whose grandmother was Queen Victoria. Maria of Yugoslavia was the Queen of the Serbs, Croats, and Slovenes from 1922 to 1934 during her marriage to King Alexander. Maria Of Yugoslavia By Paja Jovanovic Queen Maria Karadjordjevic by Paja Jovanovic, 1922, via Belgrade City Museum Queen Victoria By Thomas Sully Queen Victoria by Thomas Sully, 1838, via The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New Yorkģ. Fearing the revolution, Marie Antoinette’s official painter Vigée Le Brun fled to Italy with her daughter.Ģ. Marie Antoinette was beheaded during the French Revolution in 1793. She is often quoted as saying “Let them eat cake,” although there is no historical evidence that she had actually said that. Marie Antoinette became tied to the idea of a luxurious and lavish royal lifestyle at Versailles. During her career, she painted around 30 portraits of Marie Antoinette. The artist was one of the very few women admitted to Académie de St Luc.Īfter she became a portraitist of the queen, she was invited to join Académie Royale in 1783. Vigée Le Brun’s father was a portraitist as well and he thought of her painting when she was little. Élisabeth Vigée Le Brun was an official painter of the French queen Marie Antoinette. Royal Portrait Of Maria Antoinette By Élisabeth Vigée Le Brun Marie Antoinette in a Chemise Dress by Élisabeth Vigée Le Brun, 1783, via The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
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