According to Madame Campan, Madame Sophie was "remarkably ugly; never did I behold a person with so unprepossessing an appearance; she walked with the greatest rapidity; and in order to recognize the people who placed themselves along her path without looking at them, she acquired the habit of leering on one side, like a hare. The Princess was so diffident that a person might be with her daily for years together without hearing her utter a single word." Madame Sophie is beautiful in the painting. Evidently, she didn't age well.
According to Madame Campan, Madame Sophie was "remarkably ugly; never did I behold a person with so unprepossessing an appearance; she walked with the greatest rapidity; and in order to recognize the people who placed themselves along her path without looking at them, she acquired the habit of leering on one side, like a hare. The Princess was so diffident that a person might be with her daily for years together without hearing her utter a single word." Madame Sophie is beautiful in the painting. Evidently, she didn't age well.
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