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"did_you_know": "The Egypt-inspired decor throughout the interior seen in this drawing was especially fashionable in early 19th-century France.",
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"description": "Marie-\u00c9lisabeth Godard d\u2019Aucourt de Saint-Just, shown here, belonged to a wealthy French shipbuilding family. Louis L\u00e9opold Boilly probably created this drawing to present for approval the preliminary composition of d\u2019Aucourt\u2019s painted portrait. The grid overlaying the drawing suggests a direct transfer to canvas; the image changed dramatically in the painting, where d\u2019Aucourt appears in a grotto, unoccupied. That composition aligned with gender norms at the time that placed women in the natural world rather than the cultural sphere. Perhaps still interested in the drawing\u2019s costume and interior, Boilly later reused them in a sheet depicting a working-class milliner, or hatmaker.",
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