Miniature in a Minute_#006

This self-portrait of Adélaïde Labille-Guiard offers us a view on her working table. We see her painting desk which is slightly inclined and covered with green leather. An unfinished miniature and a piece of paper serving to wipe the brush lay on top of it. In her left hand, she is holding a palette, and in her right hand a finely shaped brush. She represented herself exquisitely dressed in a room with elegant furniture, and through this expressed her sense for good taste and culture. On the table, there is a terracotta bust of an elderly lady who might be Labille-Guiard’s mother. Next to it, the artist painted a lovely bunch of flowers in a vase.

All rights reserved by The Tansey Miniatures Foundation in Celle. The video was produced by Dean Keno, commercial film and video production.