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In the Vigee-Lebrun portrait, [Marie Antoinette’s] rejection of courtly luxe represented a stark departure from her forebear’s commanding gloire. And in making that departure, Mademoiselle de Mirecourt reflected, the Queen violated “the fundamental law of this kingdom, [which is] that the public cannot suffer to see its princes lower themselves to the level of mere mortals.”
—Queen of Fashion: What Marie Antoinette Wore to the Revolution by Caroline Weber](http://25.media.tumblr.com/649e4e4f59ccf0baf90452f2da5fb56a/tumblr_mokukxek9A1qatfdco1_r1_500.jpg)
