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• 1/28/2009 11:01 AM Amy @ Passages to the Past wrote:
  They are so very gorgeous...oh, to have such a talent as Nattier.
  
  I have to say that you are really making my interest in this time period grow even more and I love coming to your blog.
  
  Funny side note: I found out yesterday that my grandmother's grandmothers' name was Marie Antoinette Taylor. SO, not royalty, but the name is beautiful!
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• 1/28/2009 11:19 AM Judith wrote:
  Catherine, What a delicious post. The images are glorious! I agreee Nattier is a "forgotten" artist, I will do a post and link us up. Let's bring him back!
  Best Wishes!
  Judith~
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• 1/28/2009 12:21 PM Catherine Delors wrote:
  Amy, Judith, I am delighted you share my pleasure in these images!
  
  Amy, I wonder whether this ancestor of yours was of French descent? And thanks for the link, Judith. Yes, Nattier is wonderful, but he is only part of an entire movement of French painting in the 18th century. I will post shortly on the exhibition that should be opening in Feb. in Portland. Gorgeous.
  
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• 1/28/2009 1:17 PM Penny Klein wrote:
  Catherine,
  I am still looking for artwork for my new apt. just when I thought another Fragonard or Boucher, you put up Nattier. such a wealth of choices. very disconcerting.
  by the way i don't know if it is my computer or your software but i had trouble loading the page and submitting the crinoline comment. not that it was interesting just that it took 5minutes.
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• 1/28/2009 1:24 PM Catherine Delors wrote:
  You are a hero, Penny! I will never quite understand the wonders of blogging software. Today I noticed the pictures in this post look far better in Firefox than in Explorer, where they are sort of blurry. Why??
  
  If you are still hesitating for pictures to pick for your new apartment, wait another few days for my Voluptuous Taste post. There were so many great paintings in that show that I don't know where to start.
  
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• 1/28/2009 5:30 PM Lucy wrote:
  Oh Catherine, what a wonderful series. The sisters look so real- each truly depicting her element. I love Nattier, why is it that he's so 'forgotten'?
  
  I can't wait for the Voluptuous Taste post!
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• 1/28/2009 8:37 PM Penny wrote:
  almost everyone i know trashes any Microsoft product. my best freind in NY tells me he is switching to Linux i like to view your blog on both firefox and opera. now that you mention what is coming next, i will have to buy more picture frames. i am salivating.
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• 1/29/2009 3:25 AM Catherine Delors wrote:
  Lucy - Why is Nattier unfashionable? I really can't tell. Yet I love all of this work, and this series on the daughters of Louis XV deepens my affection for him.
  
  Penny - I will be switching to Mac once my laptop dies (a matter of weeks, I am afraid.) Back to work on that Voluptuous Taste post!
  
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• 1/29/2009 6:17 AM elena maria vidal wrote:
  Fabulous! I love Nattier.
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• 1/29/2009 6:33 AM Catherine Delors wrote:
  You are not alone, Elena!
  
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• 1/29/2009 11:46 AM Felio Vasa wrote:
  These 4 painting are just gorgeous! If you study each one they all have sweet detail too. Like the peacock in Madame Adelaide's portrait.
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• 1/29/2009 11:51 AM Catherine Delors wrote:
  Yes, Felio, it is beautiful, isn't it? But I think my favorite one is Henriette.
  
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• 1/29/2009 2:31 PM Hummingbird wrote:
  I love these paintings. I always like it when real people are used to represent allegories...
  
  Very poetic.
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• 1/29/2009 3:04 PM Catherine Delors wrote:
  Aren't they? Nattier strikes the perfect balance between portrait and allegory.
  
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• 1/31/2009 3:05 AM Vic wrote:
  My name is Victoire. I cannot tell you how excited I was on my first visit to France to hear it spoken correctly, and of my disappointment when someone informed me that my name was old-fashioned and outdated. Except for history book figures and my grandmother, aunt, and cousin (it is a family name, you see), I have yet to meet another Victoire.
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• 1/31/2009 12:24 PM Catherine Delors wrote:
  Victoire, outdated? This is silly. Victoire is a beautiful, majestic, classic name, and that never goes out of style. You should be proud of it, especially if it is a family name.
  
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• 1/31/2009 12:24 PM Catherine Delors wrote:
  Victoire, outdated? This is silly. Victoire is a beautiful, majestic, classic name, and that never goes out of style. You should be proud of it, especially if it is a family name.
  
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