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madame_guillotine at 11:46am on 24/05/2009
madame_guillotine at 11:46am on 24/05/2009Waddesdon Manor have just acquired this 1785 portrait of the Duc de Choiseul by Adélaïde Labille-Guiard.
It really is magnificent and I am almost tempted to make the trip to see it for myself, maybe next weekend. The Callet portrait of Louis XVI might be on show as well as we didn't get to see it last time as it was hidden around a corner in the dining room and they wouldn't let us in to have a quick look. The gits.
The best portrait at Waddesdon is the gorgeous Élisabeth Vigée-Lebrun painting of Marie Antoinette's favourite, Yolande-Gabrielle de Polastron, Duchesse de Polignac. I had seen it reproduced so many times that actually seeing it for myself was really quite overwhelming.
It really is magnificent and I am almost tempted to make the trip to see it for myself, maybe next weekend. The Callet portrait of Louis XVI might be on show as well as we didn't get to see it last time as it was hidden around a corner in the dining room and they wouldn't let us in to have a quick look. The gits.
The best portrait at Waddesdon is the gorgeous Élisabeth Vigée-Lebrun painting of Marie Antoinette's favourite, Yolande-Gabrielle de Polastron, Duchesse de Polignac. I had seen it reproduced so many times that actually seeing it for myself was really quite overwhelming.