Queen Marie Antoinette (1755-1793) II

At 15 (1770) she traveled to France to marry the Dauphin Louis Auguste de Bourbon. She was enthusiastically greeted between Versailles and Strasbourg. Marie Antoinette became queen four years later when her husband, Louis XVI, ascended the throne. Unlike other 'exiled' princesses she adapted easily to life at court and spoke French correctly. The decline in popularity began in 1782 with the appearance of pamphlets about her personal conduct, written by members of several revolutionary groups.


Aos 15 anos (1770) viajou para França a fim de casar com o Delfim Luís Augusto de Bourbon. Acolheram-na entusiasticamente entre Estrasburgo e Versalhes. Tornou-se Rainha quatro anos depois quando seu marido, Luís XVI, subiu ao trono. Ao contrário de outras princesas 'exiladas' adaptou-se facilmente à vida da corte e falava francês correcto. O declínio da sua popularidade iniciou-se em 1782 com o aparecimento de panfletos sobre a sua conduta pessoal, escritos por elementos de vários grupos revolucionários.

Joseph Krantzinger (?)-'Marie Antoinette in hunting attire (a favorite of her mother)'-oil on canvas-1771 Wien-Kunsthistoriches Museum Gemäldeghalerie

Jean-Baptiste Gautier Dagoty (1740-1786)-'Marie Antoinette playing harp at the French court'-gouache on paper-1774

Joseph Hautzinger (1728-1786)-'Marie Antoinette with his husband and brother (Maximilian)'-oil on canvas Wien-Kunsthistoriches Museum Gemäldeghalerie

Élisabeth Louise Vigée-Lebrun (1755-1842)-'Marie Antoinette in a court dress'-1778

Adolph Ulrich Wertmüller (1751-1811)-'Marie Antoinette with two eldest children'-oil on canvas-1785 Stockholm-Nationalmuseum