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Self-Portrait with Two Pupils

by Adélaïde Labille-Guiard · 1785

Self-Portrait with Two Pupils by Adélaïde Labille-Guiard

Artist

Adélaïde Labille-Guiard, also known as Adélaïde Labille-Guiard des Vertus, was a French miniaturist and portrait painter. She was an advocate for women to receive the same opportunities as men to become great painters. Labille-Guiard was one of the first women to become a member of the Royal Academy, and was the first female artist to receive permission to set up a studio for her students at the Louvre.

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Artwork

Self-Portrait with Two Pupils, Marie-Gabrielle Capet and Marie Marguerite Carreaux de Rosemond is a 1785 self-portrait painting by Adélaïde Labille-Guiard depicting the artist with two of her pupils, Marie-Gabrielle Capet and Marie-Marguerite Carreaux de Rosemond. It is in the collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art.

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Quick facts

Artist
Adélaïde Labille-Guiard
Year
1785
Movement
Neoclassicism
Country
France
Location
Metropolitan Museum of Art