Picturing Marie Leszczinska (1703-1768): Representing Queenship in Eighteenth-Century France

ISBN-13: 9780367668587 / Angielski / Miękka / 2020 / 260 str.

Jennifer G. Germann

Opis

Portraits of Queen Marie Leszczinska (1703-1768) were highly visible in eighteenth-century France. This is the first study dedicated to analyzing the queen's portraits. It engages feminist theory while setting the queen's image in the context of portraiture in France, courtly factional conflict, and the history of the French monarchy. While histori

Spis treści

Contents:

Introduction; Framing queenship in France; Incorporating Marie Leszczinska; Sons and mothers; Gendering the French monarchy; The Queen's new image; Epilogue: memorializing Marie Leszczinska; Bibliography; Index.

O autorze

Jennifer G. Germann is Assistant Professor in the Department of Art History at Ithaca College, USA.