Her gaze fixes on the viewer, her facial expressions are serious, she keeps the thread between her finger and the shuttle taut. For centuries, this is how the world saw the portrait of Marie-Antoinette as a child, created by the Swiss artist Jean-Étienne Liotard. Art historians saw the image of the girl in the pink dress as the fate of the future Queen of France, who was destined for greatness even at the age of seven.
