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Marie-Antoinette: Metamorphoses of an Image

Published on , by Marie-Laure Castelnau
Few women have been so often represented. Over the centuries, the last Queen of France has become what we call an icon. This exhibition sheds a new light on her, this time from a highly original angle: that of her image and the media coverage she has received. With two hundred exhibits mingling portraits, objets d'art,...
Pierre & Gilles, Marie-Antoinette, le hameau de la reine (The Queen's hamlet) (model:... Marie-Antoinette: Metamorphoses of an Image

Pierre & Gilles, Marie-Antoinette, le hameau de la reine (The Queen's hamlet) (model: Zahia Dehar), 2014, painting, Ink-jet photograph printed on canvas and painted, 154 x 139 cm.
© Pierre et Gilles

Few women have been so often represented. Over the centuries, the last Queen of France has become what we call an icon. This exhibition sheds a new light on her, this time from a highly original angle: that of her image and the media coverage she has received.…
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