Marie-Louise-Élisabeth Vigée-Lebrun's Portrait of Marie Antoinette with Her Children promotes the Enlightenment ideal of the "good mother" to __________.
A)illustrate the court's interest in Rococo fête galante
B)merge the genres of portraiture and history painting
C)create a painting that conforms to Neoclassicism
D)counter the queen's immoral and conniving reputation

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Marie-Louise-Élisabeth Vigée-Lebrun's Portrait of Marie Antoinette with Her Children was created in response to the queen's negative reputation as immoral and conniving. The painting was intended to promote the Enlightenment ideal of the "good mother" and to counter this negative image.

Marie-Louise-ÉLisabeth Vigée-Lebrun's Portrait of Marie Antoinette with Her Children Promotes