Adélaïde Labille-Guiard: Artist in the Age of Revolution

by Laura Auricchio

Ad?la?de Labille-Guiard (1749-1803), a remarkable portraitist, was among the small number of women ever granted membership in the French Royal Academy of Painting and Sculpture. Her work was sought out by such diverse figures as the aunts of Louis XVI and the future American president Thomas Jefferson. Yet, unlike her contemporary and fellow Academy member, ?lisabeth-Louise Vig?e-Le Brun, Labille-Guiard remained in France during the Revolution...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 089236954X
• ISBN13: 9780892369546
• Release Date: June 2009
• Publisher: J. Paul Getty Museum
• Length: 144 Pages
• Weight: 1.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 8.1" x 9.6"