1st Edition
Female Portraiture and Patronage in Marie Antoinette's Court The Princesse de Lamballe
Introduction
Chapter 1: From wife to widow: early portraits of the princesse de Lamballe
Chapter 2: Paying court: careerism, sentiment and sorority in portraits of the princesse de Lamballe
Chapter 3: The Anglophile princesse de Lamballe: portraits, prints, gardens and Anglomania at the court of Marie-Antoinette
Chapter 4: 'Protector of the Fine Arts': the private collection and public patronage of the princesse de Lamballe, a courtier-collector
Chapter 5: Epilogue
Bibliography
Index
Biography
Sarah Grant is Curator, Prints, at the Victoria & Albert Museum, London.
"Employing a wide range of archival sources and covering a large portion of Lamballe’s life and oeuvre, Grant creates a full and complex picture of the princess. She successfully illustrates that Lamballe has been both under- and misrepresented and that Lamballe was a significant member of court. Grant’s detailed accounting sheds new light on not only Lamballe and her magnificent collections, but also on the women of Marie-Antoinette’s circle, their relationships, and how art functioned in their court."
--H-France Review
