Rating and value of paintings, drawings and miniatures by Adelaïde Labille Guiard

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Rating and value of the artist Adelaïde Labille Guiard   

Adelaïde Labille Guiard is an artist known to portrait enthusiasts. Her visibility on the art market continues to grow, her stock is exploding and she is increasingly in demand : there is speculation that her works could reach unprecedented amounts at auction. Female artists of the 19th century, pupils in the workshops of such undisputed masters as David and Ingres, are extremely sought-after works today. For the latter, a portrait of a woman sold for €1,040 in 1989, while the Portrait de la duchesse d'Aiguillon, similar in compositional treatment and choice of colors, sold for €540,000 at Sotheby's in 2018. The auction price, for a similar painting, was therefore multiplied by more than 500.

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Style and technique of artist Adelaïde Labille Guiard

Adelaïde Labille Guiard produced mainly oils on canvas, adhering to the neoclassical trend by producing mainly portraits, particularly of women. She was a pupil of François-Élie Vincent and Quentin de la Tour.

Adélaïde Labille Guiard, portraitizing and miniaturizing the nobility

Adélaïde Labille Guiard, (1749-1803) also known by her maiden name Adélaïde Labille des Vertus, was a painter and miniaturist during the Ancien Régime, up to the Consulate.

She came from a family of the Parisian bourgeoisie - and had an early sensitivity to fashion, her father running a milliner's store that, among other things, dressed Jeanne du Barry.

She had links with miniaturist Jean-Antoine Gros, who married her sister, and then probably with her son, Baron Antoine-Jean Gros, painter to the Empire.

Adélaïde Labille Guiard managed to enter the Académie de Saint-Luc at an early age, probably thanks to François-Élie Vincent, a miniaturist and painter whose classes she attended as a teenager.

Archives allow us to affirm that she had managed to enter the Académie before the age of 20, the time of her marriage to Nicolas Guiard, from whom she separated some time later.

She had the opportunity to exhibit paintings at the Salon, which she did, while training in the technique of oil painting alongside François-André Vincent, her second husband and son of her first master. However, the Académie de Saint Luc was closed in 1776, and the next step was to enter the Académie Royale de peinture et de sculpture - Labille Guiard was subjected to insults in pamphlets, but the support of several painters enabled her to win her case. Contrary to popular belief, the Ancien Régime was not unfavorable to women entering the Académie, as Élizabeth Vigée le Brun and Anne Valayer-Coster were also accepted, under the protectorate of Queen Marie Antoinette among others. She portrays the royal family before the revolution, and that of the Duc d'Orléans afterwards.

The artist's imprint on her time

Adélaïde Labille-Guiard marks the academic art of the 19th century, she is today an artisterelatively unknown to the general public but in demand, famous for her contribution to the neoclassical current and the portrait genre.

One of her most famous paintings, Autoportrait avec deux élèves, was shown at the Salon of 1785 and keenly noticed by the critics, even though the Serment des Horaces, shown the same year, received all the honors.

Whatever happened in the 18th century, the artist was undoubtedly better known than she is today. She was able to make a living from her art. Now, the art market is seeing her value soar. Artists from this period, such as Sophie Allart or Anne Valayer-Coster, promise record auctions to come.

Recognizing the artist's signature

Adelaïde Labille-Guiard doesn't necessarily sign her works. Copies may exist, which is why expertise remains important.

Knowing the value of a work

If you happen to own a work by Adelaïde Labille-Guiard or by the artist, don't hesitate to request a free valuation using our form on our website. A member of our team of experts and certified auctioneers will contact you promptly to provide you with an estimate of the market value of your work, as well as any relevant information about it. If you are considering selling your work, you will also be accompanied by our specialists in order to benefit from alternatives for selling it at the best possible price, taking into account market inclinations.