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Jeanne Charlotte Hérault. Yolande Martine Gabrielle de Polastron, Duchess of Polignac (8 September 1749 – 9 December 1793) was the favourite of Marie Antoinette, whom she first met when she was presented at the Palace of Versailles in 1775, the year after Marie Antoinette became the Queen of France. She was considered one of the great ...
- Jean François Gabriel de Polastron
- Jeanne Charlotte Hérault
Polignac, Yolande-Martine-Gabrielle de Polastron, duchesse de, 1749?-1793; Valleyre, Jean-Baptiste-Paul, fl. 1749-1791, publisher Call number Case FRC 23846 Citation Martin & Walter. Révolution française, IV:1, 27706 External-identifier urn:oclc:record:1048311074 Foldoutcount 0 Identifier
From 1775 to 1789. Her traces in Versailles. Her representations. Madame de Polignac was of a naturally lively, happy disposition, and became a close friend of Marie Antoinette from 1774 onwards. She thus made her entrance into the queen’s inner circle of trusted companions. In such company Marie-Antoinette was able to dispense with the usual ...
The sitter in this portrait is Yolande Martine Gabrielle de Polastron, Duchess of Polignac (born in 1749, died in 1793). She is best remembered as the favourite companion of the infamous Queen of France, Marie Antoinette (born in 1755, died in 1793). Gabrielle (as she was known) was considered one of the great beauties of pre-revolutionary society. She was the subject of several portraits by ...
Yolande Martine Gabrielle de Polignac, comtesse de Polignac, known as an "unpretentious and charming" woman who was always "simply dressed," became Marie Antoinette 's favorite in 1775 and was appointed governess to the king and queen's children. Said to be non-ambitious for herself, the comtesse was pressured by the Polignac family to seek ...
Yolande Martine Gabrielle de Polastron, Duchess of Polignac was the favourite of Marie Antoinette, whom she first met when she was presented at the Palace of Versailles in 1775, the year after Marie Antoinette became the Queen of France. She was considered one of the great beauties of pre-Revolutionary society, but her extravagance and exclusivity earned her many enemies.
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.
