A Space of Their Own

Pauline Auzou

Selected Works

Portrait de dame

1807

A man with dark brown, slightly curly hair and light skin with rosy cheeks is seated at a desk with his hand to his chin. He wears a black jacket and a white shirt with a tallcollar that reaches his ears and chin, and a ring on his smallest finger.  On the desk behind him, sheet music and a feather pen are positioned for writing.

Portrait of a Musician

1809
Pauline Auzou, Portrait of a Musician, 1809. Oil on canvas, 81.28 cm x 65.41 cm. Currier Museum of Art, Museum Purchase: Ralph W. Fracker Fund, 1973.14
Currier Museum of Art

A large group of young women and girls, all wearing white dresses and carrying flowers or wearing flowers in their hair, greet a tall woman in a long-sleeved red dress with a feathered headpiece. Next to the woman in red is a man wearing a blue and red jacket.

Arrivée de l'impératrice Marie-Louise à Compiègne le 28 mars 1810

1810
Pauline Auzou, Arrivée de l'impératrice Marie-Louise à Compiègne le 28 mars 1810, 1810. Oil on canvas, 112 x 150 cm. Château de Versailles
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A group of people in period clothing interact throughout a room. The central figures are a young man in a white coat and red trousers, who holds the arm of a young woman wearing a long white and blue dress, while a shorter woman leans on her other arm. Around the room, two young boys and three younger girls appear posed in play.

Adieux de Marie-Louise à sa famille le 13 mars 1810

1812
Pauline Auzou, Adieux de Marie-Louise à sa famille le 13 mars 1810, 1812. Oil on canvas. Château de Versailles
Château de Versailles

Portrait of a Girl, Bust Length

ca. 1790