LECOMTE, Félix
(b. 1737, Paris, d. 1817, Paris)

Marie Antoinette

1783
Marble
Musée National du Château, Versailles

This is the most famous and duplicated of Lecomte's busts. Looking at once aloof, imperious, and benevolent, the queen is portrayed more truthfully than in any painted portrait, with a hint of feminine allure.




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