Adélaïde Labille

Adélaïde Labille-Guiard’s painting, named “Self-Portrait with Two Pupils, Marie Gabrielle Capet (1761–1818) and Marie Marguerite Carreaux de Rosemond (died 1788)”, is permanently shows in The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 613 and is in the European Paintings department. The painting measures as 83 x 59 1/2 in. and mades in 1785. It is a woman painter sits in front of a canvas and two other women stand behind her looking at her painting. As the painting was made in the 18th century, it has some fine crack mainly in the part has a darker undertone because it is easier to notice, but still in a good condition.

According to the subject matter, the woman wears a fancy, caparison dress which does not look like the normal painter's dress up, sitting
The tip of her nose is the brightest area and this is almost the interaction point when you make across on this painting and the highlight on her silky texture dress. The light source is focused on her face and makes her pop out. As more elements on the right side of the painting, this is not balanced. There is a large triangle shape created by the three women on the right and the small triangle formed by the easel laid against the wall. The painting is painted with more warm tone color than cool tone colors, such as the red of the cushion on the right corner chair, brown color of the canvas and pink blush on women face, however, only the painter's dress and her ribbon on her hat are painted in blue. Additionally, brown used in a majority of the painting, such as canvas, easel, chair and tool box which is beside Adélaïde Labille-Guiard, and the woman behinds Adélaïde wears a brownish green dress.

The brush-stroke of the painting is almost invisible, which generates a soft and delicate finish. The artist uses softly touched brush and large scale canvas directly shows a private, unusual scenes to the