7 - Portrait de Marie-Antoinette à la rose, Élisabeth-Louise Vigée Le Brun © Château de Versailles, Dist. Grand Palais RMN Christophe Fouin

Élisabeth-Louise Vigée Le Brun’s 1783 portrait of the French queen holding a rose, a defining image of her cultivated elegance and enduring love of pearls and delicate bows.

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