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Table of Contents List of illustrations i Abbreviations and glossary Abbreviated titles of works consulted iii Other abbreviations iv Symbols iv Glossary v Archives and galleries vi Preface by Henriette Goldwyn vii Foreword xi Acknowledgements xiii Introduction Captatio benevolentiae 1 Purpose, method, and principles 3 Images of Madame and the 1996 Heidelberg exhibition 7 Measurements, colours, engravers and engravings 9 How painters and engravers worked 14 Chronology 16 Madame's German and other matters relating to language 17 The image of Elisabeth Charlotte The bear-cat-monkey face 19 Madame's attitude to her appearance 23 The creation and exchange of images 32 Daughter of the Elector Palatine 1. Elisabeth Charlotte as a child 37 2. In search of marriage 46 The Young Madame 3. The early years of marriage 57 4. Engravings from the 1670s and early 1680s 70 5. The Speyer Mignard of 1676-77 81 6. Miniatures and novelties from the 1670s and 1680s 98 7. Portraits of Madame with her children 103 8. Replicas and copies without the children 118 9. Madame in hunting dress 131 10. Engravings of Madame in hunting dress 139 11. Miscellaneous images from the 1680s and early 1690s 155 A Fat Old Pagod 12. The engravings of the mid-to-late 1690s 177 13. Madame and the painters 193 Duchesse douairiere d'Orleans 14. Images of Widowhood 209 15. Hyacinthe Rigaud's portrait 232 16. Smaller painted copies of Rigaud's portrait 260 Last Years: images from the Regency 17. Engravings of Rigaud's portrait 275 18. Between Rigaud and Largilliere 287 19. Largilliere's portrait 291 20. Two late paintings 297 21. Medals of the Regency period 299 Mare's nests, wild geese, and red herrings 22. Errors, mysteries, and oddities 303 Conclusion Artistic representation of a royal princess in the time of Louis XIV and the Regency 309 Bibliography 319 Index by P J Yarrow 339
Library of Congress Subject Headings for this publication:
Orlãaeans, Charlotte-Elisabeth, duchesse d', 1652-1722 -- Portraits.
Orlãaeans, Charlotte-Elisabeth, duchesse d', 1652-1722 -- Correspondence.
Portrait painting, French.
Portrait prints, French.