Comtesse de la Châtre

1789 painting by Elisabeth Louise Vigée Le Brun
Comtesse de la Châtre
ArtistÉlisabeth Vigée Le Brun Edit this on Wikidata
Year1789
Mediumoil paint, canvas
Dimensions114.3 cm (45.0 in) × 87.6 cm (34.5 in)
LocationMetropolitan Museum of Art
CollectionMetropolitan Museum of Art Edit this on Wikidata
Accession No.54.182 Edit this on Wikidata
IdentifiersThe Met object ID: 437900
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Comtesse de la Châtre is a 1789 painting by Élisabeth Vigée Le Brun which is in the collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York.[1]

Description

The portrait depicts Comtesse de la Châtre,[2] wife of the Comte de la Châtre and future wife of François Arnail de Jaucourt. She had a penchant for wearing white muslin dresses, both for daily purposes and for portraits.

The artist, Élisabeth Vigée Le Brun, was a French painter who painted some 600 portraits in addition to landscapes.

The work is on view at The Metropolitan Museum's Gallery 631.

References

  1. ^ "Comtesse de la Châtre (Marie Charlotte Louise Perrette Aglaé Bontemps, 1762–1848)". Metropolitan Museum of Art.
  2. ^ "Élisabeth Vigée Le Brun - Portrait of Comtesse de la Châtre, 1789 | Trivium Art History". Trivium Art History. Retrieved 2017-10-28.

External links

  • Marie Antoinette's: Femme of the Week: Comtesse de la Châtre
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