Anne Vallayer Coster: Painter to the Court of Marie Antoinette - Hardcover

Eik Kahng; Anne Vallayer-Coster; Marianne Roland Michel; Colin Bailey; Claire Barry; Melissa Hyde

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0300093292 ISBN 13: 9780300093292

Publisher: Dallas Museum of Art, 2002

Synopsis

Anne Vallayer-Coster (1744-1818) was one of the most talented still-life painters of the French school. Her exquisite paintings, today located in some of the world's finest museums, were admired and collected by many of her contemporaries, including Marie Antoinette, who became the artist's most important patron.

About this title

From the Publisher:

This gorgeous volume accompanies the first comprehensive exhibition of Vallayer- Coster's paintings. Organized by the Dallas Museum of Art, the show is on view at the National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C., from June 30 to September 25, 2002; then travels to the Dallas Museum of Art from October 13, 2002 to January 5, 2003; the Frick Collection in New York City from January 21 to March 23, 2003; and the Musée des Beaux Arts in Nancy, France, from April 10 to June 23, 2003. Published in association with the Dallas Museum of Art

About the Author:

Eik Kahng is associate curator of 18th- and 19th-century European art at the Walters Art Museum, Baltimore. Marianne Roland Michel is a leading expert of 18th-century French painting and author of the 1970 monograph on Vallayer-Coster. Contributors to the book are Colin Bailey, Laurent Hugues, Melissa Hyde, and Claire Barry

About this edition

• Publisher: Dallas Museum of Art
• Publication date: 2002
• ISBN 10: 0300093292
• ISBN 13: 9780300093292
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 336