Portrait of Louise-Élisabeth of France as a Vestal Virgin

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Portrait of Louise-Élisabeth of France as a Vestal Virgin is an 18th-century allegorical court portrait by Jean-Marc Nattier depicting the French princess Louise-Élisabeth in the idealized guise of a Roman priestess of Vesta.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf allegorical painting
court portrait
painting
artForm oil painting
artisticSchool French school
associatedWith House of Bourbon
commissionedFor French court
countryOfOrigin France
creator Jean-Marc Nattier
culturalContext Ancien Régime France
depictionForm idealized guise
depicts Louise Élisabeth d’Orléans
surface form: Louise-Élisabeth of France

Vestal Virgin
depictsMythology Roman religion
surface form: Roman mythology
depictsPerson Marie Louise Élisabeth, Duchess of Parma
surface form: Louise-Élisabeth of France, Duchess of Parma
depictsRole Roman priestess of Vesta
depictsTitle French princess
genre allegorical portrait
portrait
hasAllegoricalMeaning elevation of the princess through classical imagery
moral virtue of the sitter
hasArtisticType history painting
mythological portrait
hasSubject French royalty
Vestal Virgins
allegory
classical antiquity
iconography Vesta
sacred fire
inception 18th century
intendedAudience royal court
languageOfTitle French
movement Rococo
period 18th-century art
portraysAge young woman
portraysAs Roman priestess
Vestal Virgin
portraysVirtue chastity
devotion
piety
relatedWorkByArtist Portraits of other French princesses by Jean-Marc Nattier

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Nattier, Jean-Marc notableWork Portrait of Louise-Élisabeth of France as a Vestal Virgin
subject surface form: Jean-Marc Nattier