Marie Rinteau, called Mademoiselle de Verrières
A woman in a silver gown with feathers and pink ribbons, Drouais's 1761 portrait of the singer Marie Rinteau, great-grandmother of George Sand. Full commentary ↓
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Marie Rinteau, called Mademoiselle de Verrières is an oil painting by François Hubert Drouais (1761) in the collection of The Metropolitan Museum of Art. It measures 115.6 × 87.9 cm.
In the pictureA woman with her gray hair dressed high and set with white feathers sits in a silver silk gown. Pink ribbons adorn her bodice and sleeves, she holds a fan, and on the table beside her lies a cloth tied with a pink ribbon as well. A black ribbon circles her neck.
BackgroundMarie Rinteau was a singer and actress who performed under the stage name "Mademoiselle de Verrières" and was the mistress of the Marshal of France Maurice de Saxe. The granddaughter of the daughter born to them was the novelist George Sand, so this portrait in effect depicts Sand's great-grandmother. Around this time Drouais all but monopolized portraits of women from Parisian high society and the art world, and the sheen of silk and the texture of ribbons were his specialty.
Puzzle tipThe silver gown covers a wide area, but the pink ribbons, the feathers and the face are good reference points. Fit the face and hair ornament first, place the ribbon pieces in three spots, the bodice, the sleeves and the table, and then fill in the silver pieces of the gown following the direction of the folds. 100 pieces is about right.
- Artist
- French, Paris 1727–1775 Paris
- Classification
- Paintings
- Medium
- Oil on canvas
- Dimensions
- 115.6 x 87.9 cm
- Credit line
- The Jules Bache Collection, 1949
Source: The Metropolitan Museum of Art ↗
Stories about this work
- From an Actress to a King's Daughter: Drouais's Women of 18th-Century Paris
François Hubert Drouais was the painter of choice for portraits of upper-class women in 18th-century Paris. The portrait conventions of the day, read through four of his portraits of women.
