Head of a Young Woman
Adélaïde Labille-Guiard (1749–1803)
As well as playing a hand in Marie-Gabrielle Capet’s career, Adélaïde Labille-Guiard was a successful portraitist in her own right. Male artists were so threatened by Labille-Guiard and other female artists working at the time that they would invent rivals for them and spread rumors alluding to sexual misconduct.Labille-Guiard was strong and kept fighting for her right to create art and actively supported other female artists to do the same.
