PORTRAIT OF HENRIETTE, DUCHESS OF ORLÉANS, AS HEBE
Creator(s): Dubois (Artist) , Jean-Marc Nattier (After)
On view in: Adam Bedroom
About this object
Bust sized portrait of a woman dressed up as Hebe. She wears roses in her hair and has a low-cut white dress. Over each shoulder is a garland of flowers that falls across the front of her dress.
- Object name:
- PORTRAIT OF HENRIETTE, DUCHESS OF ORLÉANS, AS HEBE
- Made from:
- Oil on canvas -- frame
- Made in:
- Paris, France
- Date made:
- 1790
- Size:
- 62.2 × 50.8 cm (24 1/2 × 20 in.)
Detailed information for this item
- Catalog number:
- 51.5
- Class:
- PAINTING
- Signature marks:
- INSCRIPTION 2173 in red on upper left-hand corner inscription 54 in large white letters on upper right side (on painting) inscription 603 in very small white letters on lower right (on painting) inscription Dlle D'Orléans/mere du Duc Actuel/par Dubois élève/de David 1790 on back Trans: "Duchesse d'Orleans, mother of the current Duke, by Dubois, a student of David, 1790" "XXI-193-445" in pencil on back "Bedroom" in pencil on back
- Credit line:
- Bequest of Marjorie Merriweather Post, 1973