The Connexion reports that Joseph-Siffred Duplessis's portrait of Marie-Antoinette, bought for the Palace of Versailles in November 2021, is now on display.
The portrait, which has not been seen in public since 1913, shows a youthful Marie-Antoinette; she was said to have have found it unflattering and disliked it.
French art: A portrait Marie-Antoinette hated and hid goes on display (connexionfrance.com)
For full details see the Versailles collections notice:
Portrait de Marie-Antoinette (1755-1793), dauphine (chateauversailles.fr)
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