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| Keywords: Anne Vallayer-Coster - Queen Marie-Antoinette - Walters 38323.jpg This miniature may be copied from a now-lost portrait of Marie-Antoinette by Anne Vallayer-Coster who was one of the queen's favorite artists Vallayer-Coster was celebrated for her still lifes but she received several important portrait commissions from the royal family perhaps due to the favor shown her by Marie-Antoinette However Vallayer-Coster's floral still-life miniatures are done with an exquisite technique that is far superior to that found in this portrait 1778 watercolor on ivory; vari-colored gold frame cm 8 89 accession number 38 323 6926 A Jay Fink Foundation Inc Baltimore date and mode of acqusition unknown Walters Art Museum Gift of the A Jay Fink Foundation Inc in memory of Abraham Jay Fink 1963 place of origin France Walters Art Museum license 3D Anne Vallayer-Coster 18th-century portrait paintings in the Walters Art Museum 1778 French paintings in the Walters Art Museum Portrait paintings of Marie Antoinette of Austria 1778 1778 paintings in the United States 1778 portrait paintings from France 18th-century oval portrait miniatures of women at bust length 1778 18th-century portrait miniatures in the United States 1778 Female hair fashion in art 1778 Portrait miniatures in the Walters Art Museum | ||||
