JOHANN JULIUS HEINSIUS (1740-1812) Marie-Adélaide de France / Madame Adélaide (1784) Oil on canvas: 135 x 105 cm Private collection To enlarge the picture, right-click on it and "Open in a new tab" The author of this beautiful portrait was a German called Johann Julius Heintz or Heinse; however, like many of his contemporaries and …
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Madame Adelaide
ADELAIDE LABILLE-GUIARD (1749-1803) Portrait of Madame Adelaide de France (1787) Oil on canvas 271 x 194 cm Chateau de Versailles To enlarge the image, right-click on it and "Open in a new tab" Adélaide Labille was born in Paris, the youngest of eight children. Her father was a haberdasher who owned a shop named A la …