Jean-Baptiste Siméon Chardin
Wikipedia - "'Let them eat cake' is the traditional translation of the French phrase Qu'ils mangent de la brioche, supposedly spoken by a great princess upon learning that the peasants had no bread. As brioche is a luxury bread enriched with eggs and butter, it would reflect the princess's obliviousness to the nature of a famine. Although they are commonly attributed to Queen Marie Antoinette, there is no record of these words ever having been uttered by her."
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