Female Portraiture and Patronage in Marie Antoinette's Court

Sarah Grant is Curator, Prints, at the Victoria & Albert Museum, London.

• Introduction Chapter 1: From wife to widow: early portraits of the princesse de Lamballe Chapter 2: Paying court: careerism, sentiment and sorority in portraits of the princesse de Lamballe Chapter 3: The Anglophile princesse de Lamballe: portraits, prints, gardens and Anglomania at the court of Marie-Antoinette Chapter 4: 'Protector of the Fine Arts': the private collection and public patronage of the princesse de Lamballe, a courtier-collector Chapter 5 Epilogue Bibliography Index

"Employing a wide range of archival sources and covering a large portion of Lamballe’s life and oeuvre, Grant creates a full and complex picture of the princess. She successfully illustrates that Lamballe has been both under- and misrepresented and that Lamballe was a significant member of court. Grant’s detailed accounting sheds new light on not only Lamballe and her magnificent collections, but also on the women of Marie-Antoinette’s circle, their relationships, and how art functioned in their court."--H-France Review