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Jeanne Bécu, Comtesse Du Barry, and her servant Zamor

Jean-Baptiste-André Gautier D'Agoty

Date: c. 1771
Medium: Mezzotint in black on cream laid paper
Culture: France
Department: Prints and Drawings
Institution: Art Institute of Chicago

In this monochrome rendition of Gautier D’Agoty’s color portrait, Madame du Berry’s clothing and interior decorating details enjoy more contrast and legibility. Her reflection in the angled mirror suggests her role as an earthly, courtly Venus. The small cup offered by an African servant likely contains a popular delicacy, drinking chocolate. The last of Louis XV’s official mistresses, Madame du Barry would be executed during the Reign of Terror due to her royal associations.

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