Yolande-Martine-Gabrielle de Polastron, duchess of Polignac

Wearing a simple straw hat decorated with wildflowers and dressed in a floating muslin dress, Marie-Antoinette’s friend appears fresh, free and straightforward, just as one might imagine her in the Petit Trianon gardens. Elisabeth Vigée-Lebrun creates a portrait that reflects a soul that knows nothing of the intrigues of the court.