# Self-Portrait with Two Pupils

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## Artwork

- Artist: [LABILLE-GUIARD, Adélaide](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/labille-guiard-adlaide-rf3e04f39830368>)
- Date: 1751-1800
- Technique: Oil on canvas, 211 x 151 cm

## Commentary

The artist portrayed herself before the easel with her two pupils, Marie Gabrielle Capet \(1761–1818\) and Marie Marguerite Carreaux de Rosemond \(died 1788\). In 1783, when Labille-Guiard and Vigée-Lebrun were admitted to the French Académie Royale, the number of women artists eligible for membership was limited to four, and this canvas has been interpreted as a propaganda piece, arguing for the place of women in the academy.

## Related artworks

- [Madame Élisabeth de France](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/labille-guiard-adlaide-rf3e04f39830368/madame-lisabeth-de-france-r94d740d8f29956>)
- [Portrait of a Lady Wearing a Pink Dress](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/labille-guiard-adlaide-rf3e04f39830368/portrait-of-a-lady-wearing-a-pink-dress-rf52822b565b748>)
- [Portrait of the Countess of Lameth](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/labille-guiard-adlaide-rf3e04f39830368/portrait-of-the-countess-of-lameth-r531bc575d2b132>)
- [The Sculptor Augustin Pajou](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/labille-guiard-adlaide-rf3e04f39830368/the-sculptor-augustin-pajou-r903178fbafa76d>)

## Attribution

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