This pendant is inspired by the painting Marie-Antoinette de Hasbourg-Lorraine, reine de France et ses enfants painted in 1787 by Louise-Elisabeth Vigée-Le-Brun.
Ordered by the Direction of the Building industries, this painting represents the queen as a mother, surrounded of Marie-Thérèse known as "Mrs Royale", born in 1778, of the Louis-Joseph born in 1781 and deceased in 1789.
On her knees, Marie-Antoinette holds Louis-Charles born in 1785 and future Louis XVII. The cradle, empty, evokes the recent death of the last child of the queen, Sophie-Helene-Beatrice born in 1786. Marie-Antoinette carries a pair of very beautiful earrings of pearl, in the pear shape.
The purpose of the choice of this painting showing the queen as a mother, was to make him regain a little popularity, sullied by recent "L'affaire du Collier"
Technique of moulding in Resin
The use of resins for mouldings is recent. The resin allows the realization of fragile works and/or of small size which can be reproduced in a material cheaper than bronze.
This material is also very well adapted to an outside display.
The resins are generally presented in a liquid form that harden after addition of a catalyst. Their properties of resistance can be reinforced by the use of "loads" as metal powder or the use of glass fibre, which makes it possible, by a technique of laminates, to create large and hollow but very resistant mouldings. The addition of metal powders or marble powder, and possible colouring by pigments allow resin very faithful reproductions on which the finishers will be able to express their know-how and to give to your statue, the aspect of that which is displayed at the museum.
; "details jewelry Marie-Antoinette pendant drips Réunion des Musées Nationaux")
; "details jewelry Marie-Antoinette pendant drips Réunion des Musées Nationaux")
; "details jewelry Marie-Antoinette pendant drips Réunion des Musées Nationaux")
