" Self - portrait " , Marie-Gabrielle Capet ( 1761 - 1818 ) | ArtLiveAndBeauty

 

Marie Gabrielle Capet " Self-portrait "

 

In this "Self-portrait," the French neoclassical artist depicts herself sitting in front of an easel. In her right hand is a holder with a crayon. The delicate face of a twenty-two-year-old artist is well depicted. The capet precisely captures the texture of his dress's silk, the satin bow with which his hair is gathered, and the delicacy of the lace.

Marie-Gabrielle Capet (1761-1818) was one of the first female painters to paint professionally and for a livelihood in the 18th century. Adelaide Labille-student. Guillard's Known largely as a portrait painter who specialized in miniatures.

Marie-Gabrielle Capet, together with a teacher and other artists such as Marie Elisabeth Louise Vigée-Lebrun, successfully presented her paintings at the Salon, where there were works by more than twenty women in 1791, for example.

" Self-portrait " , Marie Gabrielle Capet , C. 1783 Canvas, oil. Size: 77.5x59.5 cm Tokyo National Museum of Western Art