Apparently she bought about 300 gowns a year, gaining a reputation as spoiled and vain. Marie Antoinette's love of art and haute couture did her no favors during the Revolution as this caused her to spend profligately. A figure of significance in many ways, during the Revolution, the painter wisely fled France and sought safety in Italy, Austria and Russia until she was finally able to return to France to live out her days.
She became a patron of the immensely talented artist Élisabeth Vigée Le Brun who painted not only Marie Antoinette's portrait but over 600 other portraits. She also had extravagant tastes and a genuine love of fashion and art. This was a financially unstable time in France and neither of them seemed able to fully comprehend the Revolution that was brewing. It is worth considering that these two were put in charge of the nation of France as teenagers, Louis being only 19 to her 18 when he was crowned. She was born an archduchess and came to France at a very young age (a mere 14 years old) to marry Louis XVI. To begin with, she came from Austria and after an initially warm welcome in France she was increasingly viewed with suspicion from the French people. In many ways Marie Antoinette was a victim of the world into which she was thrown. While the Chapelle Expiatoire in Paris is dedicated to her and to her husband, King Louis XVI, she is buried at the Basilica Cathedral of Saint Denis, France. Marie Antoinette was born Novemin Vienna, Austria and was executed on Octoat the Place de la Concorde, Paris, France.
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