Portrait of a woman : art, rivalry & revolution in the life of Adélaïde Labille-Guiard
"This is a story on fire-from the flames of creative passion that inspired a young woman to pursue painting, to the sparks fanned between her and a stunning supposed rival, to the bonfire that destroyed her most ambitious canvas. Born in Paris in 1749, Adâelaèide Labille-Guiard rose from shopkeeper's daughter to an official portraitist of the royal court -- only to have her achievements reduced to ash by the French Revolution. While she defied...
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