This painting is an oval portrait featuring a woman with fair skin, rosy cheeks, and elaborately coiffed light gray hair, a curl of which falls down over her right shoulder. She wears a light dress with a low neckline and puffed sleeves with a string of pearls on the shoulder, complemented by a garland of colorful pink, yellow, and light blue flowers hanging across her chest. The background is a simple, muted green color.
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Jeanne Bécu, Comtesse du Barry

François-Hubert Drouais (French, 1727 - 1775)

c. 1770/1774

Medium
oil on canvas
Classification
Painting
Dimensions
overall (oval): 71 x 59 cm (27 15/16 x 23 1/4 in.)
Culture
French
Museum
National Gallery of Art, CF
Credit line
Timken Collection
Rights
Public domain (NGA Open Access, CC0), as the museum states it.
Who can see it
Tweens profiles and older: its subjects are known and suit older children. How works are placed

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