The Embarkation of the Duchess of Angoulême at Pauillac

作品描述

The Embarkation of the Duchess of Angoulême at Pauillac is an 1818 history painting by the French artist Antoine-Jean Gros. Gros had made his reputation depicting scenes of Napoleon Bonaparte and the French Empire. By contrast, this work was created under the Restoration era and celebrated an iconic royalist moment of recent history. The painting depicts the Duchess of Angoulême boarding a barque at Pauillac, a town on the Gironde estuary. It features a crowd of onlookers, including notable figures such as Marie Thérèse of France and Mathieu de Montmorency, and includes elements like a feather and a bank.