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Marie-Antoinette, Queen of France, riding

Louis-Auguste Brun1783

Palace of Versailles

Palace of Versailles
Versailles, France

Audaciously, Louis-Auguste Brun de Versoix has depicted the Queen on horseback, wearing slim breeches. The Gallery of French Fashions and Costumes used this composition on an engraved plate, but they replaced the breeches with an Amazonian skirt, seen as less transgressive.

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