Instead of fleeing during the French Revolution of 1789, Labille-Guiard stayed in France.
However, the royal connections she made throughout her career made her a political suspect.
In 1793 she was ordered to destroy some of her royalist works, including the unfinished commission for the Count of Provence.
The exile of the Comte of Provence meant Labille-Guiard had not only lost her last royal patron, but she also did not receive a cent of the agreed-upon 30,000 livres.
The Revolution further hurt her career when the royal sister emigrated in February 1791 without paying for several portraits they had commissioned Labille-Guiard to paint.

The pastel portraits of Marie Adélaïde, Victoire-Louise, and Élisabeth stayed in Labille-Guiard's possession until she died from an illness on April 24, 1803.
Instead of fleeing during the French Revolution of 1789, Labille-Guiard stayed in France. However, the royal connections she made throughout her career made her a political suspect. In 1793 she was ordered to destroy some of her royalist works, including the unfinished commission for the Count of Provence. The exile of the Comte of Provence meant Labille-Guiard had not only lost her last royal patron, but she also did not receive a cent of the agreed-upon 30,000 livres. The Revolution further hurt her career when the royal sister emigrated in February 1791 without paying for several portraits they had commissioned Labille-Guiard to paint. 
The pastel portraits of Marie Adélaïde, Victoire-Louise, and Élisabeth stayed in Labille-Guiard's possession until she died from an illness on April 24, 1803.
Adélaïde Labille-Guiard