The Portraitist
Susanne Dunlap
Based on a true story, this is the tale of Adélaïe Labille-Guiard’s fight to take her rightful place in the competitive art world of eighteenth-century Paris.
With a beautiful rival who’s better connected and better trained than she is, Adélaïde faces an uphill battle. Her love affair with her young instructor in oil painting gives rise to suspicions that he touches up her work, and her decision to make much-needed money by executing erotic pastels threatens to create as many problems as it solves. Meanwhile, her rival goes from strength to strength, becoming Marie Antoinette’s official portraitist and gaining entrance to the elite Académie Royale at the same time as Adélaïde.
When at last Adélaïde earns her own royal appointment and receives a massive commission from a member of the royal family, the timing couldn’t be worse: it’s 1789, and with the fall of the Bastille her world is turned upside down by political chaos and revolution. With danger around every corner in her beloved Paris, she must find a way adjust to the new order, carving out a life and a career all over again—and stay alive in the process.
Duration - 9h 18m.
Author - Susanne Dunlap.
Narrator - Deborah Balm.
Published Date - Sunday, 22 January 2023.
Copyright - © 2022 Susanne Dunlap ©.
Location:
United States
Description:
Based on a true story, this is the tale of Adélaïe Labille-Guiard’s fight to take her rightful place in the competitive art world of eighteenth-century Paris. With a beautiful rival who’s better connected and better trained than she is, Adélaïde faces an uphill battle. Her love affair with her young instructor in oil painting gives rise to suspicions that he touches up her work, and her decision to make much-needed money by executing erotic pastels threatens to create as many problems as it solves. Meanwhile, her rival goes from strength to strength, becoming Marie Antoinette’s official portraitist and gaining entrance to the elite Académie Royale at the same time as Adélaïde. When at last Adélaïde earns her own royal appointment and receives a massive commission from a member of the royal family, the timing couldn’t be worse: it’s 1789, and with the fall of the Bastille her world is turned upside down by political chaos and revolution. With danger around every corner in her beloved Paris, she must find a way adjust to the new order, carving out a life and a career all over again—and stay alive in the process. Duration - 9h 18m. Author - Susanne Dunlap. Narrator - Deborah Balm. Published Date - Sunday, 22 January 2023. Copyright - © 2022 Susanne Dunlap ©.
Language:
English
The Portraitist, by Susanne Dunlap, read by Deborah Balm
Duration:00:00:12
Chapter 1
Duration:00:14:58
Chapter 2
Duration:00:17:33
Chapter 3
Duration:00:14:53
Chapter 4
Duration:00:19:04
Chapter 5
Duration:00:15:52
Chapter 6
Duration:00:09:17
Chapter 7
Duration:00:12:20
Chapter 8
Duration:00:22:41
Chapter 9
Duration:00:19:59
Chapter 10
Duration:00:08:35
Chapter 11
Duration:00:13:35
Chapter 12
Duration:00:22:48
Chapter 13
Duration:00:18:04
Chapter 14
Duration:00:16:02
Chapter 15
Duration:00:12:20
Chapter 16
Duration:00:18:11
Chapter 17
Duration:00:22:49
Chapter 18
Duration:00:18:52
Chapter 19
Duration:00:14:08
Chapter 20
Duration:00:22:18
Chapter 21
Duration:00:14:33
Chapter 22
Duration:00:10:30
Chapter 23
Duration:00:20:32
Chapter 24
Duration:00:28:14
Chapter 25
Duration:00:15:35
Chapter 26
Duration:00:16:07
Chapter 27
Duration:00:35:17
Chapter 28
Duration:00:28:10
Chapter 29
Duration:00:18:52
Chapter 30
Duration:00:27:24
Author's Note
Duration:00:08:10
Credits
Duration:00:00:21