Anatomy of a Painting: The Versailles Black Boy | ARTE.tv Culture

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In the late 18th century, the artist Gautier-Dagoty painted a portrait of the Countess of Barry, a favourite of King Louis XV, with a dark-skinned boy at her side. Why does he appear in a portrait of the most powerful woman in France? 


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