Sophie Prieur

Queen Marie Antoinette of France in the prison Temple by Sophie Prieur, Carnavalet Museum, 1793

Sophie Prieur (27 October 1770–1 December 1852) was a French painter. She was the sister of the engraver and history painter Jean-Louis Prieur (1759-1795).

Prieur primarily painted portraits and still lifes. Her portrait of Marie Antoinette is in the Carnavalet Museum in Paris.[1]

References

  1. ↑ Price, Munro (2002). The Road from Versailles. New York: St. Martin's Griffin. ISBN 0-312-26879-3.