Portrait of Madame Tallien Jean-Bernard Duvivier (Belgian, 1762-1837). Portrait of Madame Tallien, 1806. Oil on canvas, 49 1/2 x 36 3/4 in. ( x cm). Jean-Bernard Duvivier emphasized the status of his fashionable sitter with a careful rendering of her furnishings and accessories, including velvet cushions and draperies, an inlaid wood settee, and a rare paisley cashmere shawl. Madame Tallien directly experienced the dramatic events of 1789 to 1804, during the French Revolution and its aftermath. She urged her second husband—Jean-Lambert Tallien, a rising political star—to end the Rei
Portrait of Madame Tallien Jean-Bernard Duvivier (Belgian, 1762-1837). Portrait of Madame Tallien, 1806. Oil on canvas, 49 1/2 x 36 3/4 in. ( x cm). Jean-Bernard Duvivier emphasized the status of his fashionable sitter with a careful rendering of her furnishings and accessories, including velvet cushions and draperies, an inlaid wood settee, and a rare paisley cashmere shawl. Madame Tallien directly experienced the dramatic events of 1789 to 1804, during the French Revolution and its aftermath. She urged her second husband—Jean-Lambert Tallien, a rising political star—to end the Reign of Terror, the Revolution’s bloodiest episode. European Art 1806
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