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Jacob Paul
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22 year old wannabe opera singer struggling to maintain a spot at a top conservatory in today's economy :-o

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JANUARY 3, 2010 2:32AM

Fit for a Queen

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Marie Antoinette

Some of you may be familiar with the famous 1769 miniature portrait of Marie Antoinette by Joseph Ducreux. The portrait was sent to the Dauphin of France, so that he could see what his future queen looked like... before he married her. Now, what amuses me about this portrait, isn't the portrait at all... but rather the artist.

I decided to share two self-portraits of the artist- because really, you shouldn't take yourself too seriously... you just might lose your head.

Ducreuxyawn 

The above portrait can be found in the Getty Center in LA, while the one below hangs in the Louvre in Paris, France.

Ducreuxself Here's looking at you kid!

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Thanks for the laugh and sharing these.
Very nicely done. Those self-portraits are just too much.
Of course... I knew I had to share these when I stumbled upon them amid my random googling :-)
Definitely can't take life tooooo seriously!!

Great post as well as a great reminder of life's true lesson.

Rated.
Glad you enjoyed these Robin and Tink :-)
they are wonderful and look to me as though they could be a foreshortening study put to good use.

a stuffy artist? come on.

thanks!