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Artist/Maker Artist: Joseph Ducreux, French, born 1735-06-26, dead 1802-07-24
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When Joseph Ducreux was sent to Vienna in 1769 to paint Archduchess Marie-Antoinette’s portrait before her marriage to the French dauphin (the future Louis XVI), his fortune was assured. He was made a baron and appointed court painter. Ducreux specialised in portraits, in both pastels and oils. Fewer than 20 self-portraits are known, some six of them physiognomic in character. These two paintings are therefore very rare examples of his work.