Self-portrait with two students, Marie Gabrielle Capet and Marie Marguerite Carreaux de Rosemond was made by Adélaïde Labille Guiard in 1785. It was made in Paris, France and the support is oil on canvas. Adélaïde Labille Guiard was born in 1749 and died in 1803. She was one of the few to practice and master miniatures, pastels and oil paintings. Due to male dominance in these practices, women were not accepted as students, due to society's perception that women are not able to follow instructions as easily as men. Adélaïde Labille Guiard painted the Self-Portrait with Two Students as a large-scale history painting. In this large work, the viewer can see her at the easel and two of her students, Marie Gabrielle Capet and Marie Marguerite Carreaux de Rosemond, looking over her shoulder. This painting engages the viewer by making them feel like they are the subject of his work. The artist herself posed and dressed like a well-dressed, wealthy woman in a fashionable dress of that era. She also placed digital objects that capture the viewer's eye, such as two statues in the back of her father and the Vestal Virgin, the easel in the left corner, the bright green color of the material of her chair and the rest burgundy feet in the right corner. Working in her father's clothing store, she became very proficient with expensive textiles and ornaments, which were captured in her works later in her career. She managed to capture the beauty and richness of fabrics in portraits of aristocratic women. She captured herself in a beautiful low-cut blue satin dress and the students in work dresses. The dress was painted in great detail and captured both the shine and flow of satin. This was achieved using shadows and lines...... middle of paper ...... masculine in comparison to the soft paintings of Vigée Le Brun. Adelaide's works were so good and beautiful and many believed that her lover made her works due to discrimination against women and the belief that women cannot be as good artists as men . She brought attention to this issue and it worked to be positive publicity for her. The painting has an order and there are different shapes and angles. The rectangular shape is the main trend around this piece, especially the wooden chest, the leg rest and the canvas. Additionally, the elements overlap, creating the illusion that the shape appears closer to the viewer than the shape behind it. The example in this piece would be the chair on which Adélaïde Labille Guiard sits, closer to the viewer than to the girls behind. This adds depth to the space. Also due to the linear perspective, the girls behind the chair are smaller because they are further away..