with her and had no interest in doing so. The Empress also criticized the Dauphine's pastime of horseback riding, though paradoxically the Empress's favorite portrait of her daughter was one of her in riding garb. The Empress would even go so far as to insult her daughter directly, telling her she was no longer pretty and had no talent, and was thus a failure. To make up for the lack of affection from her husband and the endless criticism of her mother, Marie Antoinette began to