# The Comtesse du Barry

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## Artwork

- Artist: [BEAUVARLET, Jacques-Firmin](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/beauvarlet-jacques-firmin-r22df2918789abf>)
- Date: 1701-1750
- Technique: Engraving

## Commentary

This engraving was executed after a painting by François-Hubert Drouais, the official portraitist of the comtesse du Barry. The painting was exhibited in 1769 at the Salon of the Académie royale de peinture et de sculpture.

## Attribution

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