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Saturday, September 26, 2009

Marie-Antoinette as Erato

Here is the 1788 painting by Ludwig Guttenbrunn of Queen Marie-Antoinette as the Muse of Music. The Queen had a great love of music and was a patroness of the opera. She also paid for the music lessons of poor children.

1 comment:

  1. Este retrato es muy bonito, muchas gracias por haberlo publicado ^^

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