Portrait of Emma, Lady Hamilton as a Bacchante

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Portrait of Emma, Lady Hamilton as a Bacchante is a celebrated neoclassical painting depicting Emma Hamilton in the guise of a Bacchante, created by the renowned French portraitist Élisabeth Vigée Le Brun.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf oil painting
painting
portrait
artForm easel painting
artHistoricalSignificance important example of Vigée Le Brun’s mythological portraits
notable representation of Emma Hamilton as a classical figure
artist Elisabeth Vigée Le Brun
surface form: Élisabeth Vigée Le Brun
associatedWith Neoclassicism
surface form: European Neoclassicism

cult of celebrity in the 18th century
basedOn Bacchante from Greco-Roman mythology
countryOfOrigin France
depicts Bacchante
Dionysian imagery
Emma Hamilton
surface form: Emma, Lady Hamilton

classical antiquity theme
depictsTimePeriod late 18th century fashion
genre Neoclassicism
allegorical painting
mythological portrait
hasArtisticStyle history painting elements
idealized realism
hasCulturalContext Grand Tour-era fascination with antiquity
aristocratic portraiture
hasFemaleSubject true
hasTheme classical mythology
cult of beauty
femininity
role-play and masquerade
sensuality
hasTitleCharacter Emma Hamilton
surface form: Emma, Lady Hamilton
inception 1790s
influencedBy Grand Tour
surface form: Grand Tour culture

classical sculpture
languageOfTitle English
medium oil on canvas
movement Neoclassicism
surface form: Neoclassical art
notableWorkOf Elisabeth Vigée Le Brun
surface form: Élisabeth Vigée Le Brun
portrays Emma Hamilton as a priestess of Bacchus
Emma Hamilton in classical costume
portraysMythologicalRole Bacchante, follower of Bacchus
subjectNotableRelationship Horatio Nelson
subjectOccupation artist’s model
muse
subjectSpouse Sir William Hamilton

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Elisabeth Vigée Le Brun notableWork Portrait of Emma, Lady Hamilton as a Bacchante