Essay on Adelaide Labille-Guiard, Self-portrait with Two Pupils
In 1785, celebrated artist Adelaide Labille-Guiard painted what would become one of her most famous works, the oil on canvas Self-Portrait with Two Pupils , Mademoiselle Marie Gabrielle Capet and Mademoiselle. The painting is noteworthy in a variety of ways, not the least of which is the gender of the artist (she was one of the few women invited to the French Academie Royale) and her subjects within the work, but also the unusual compositional choices. …
