Comtesse de la Châtre

Comtesse de la Châtre
ArtistÉlisabeth Vigée Le Brun 
Year1789
Mediumoil paint, canvas
Dimensions114.3 cm (45.0 in) × 87.6 cm (34.5 in)
LocationMetropolitan Museum of Art
CollectionMetropolitan Museum of Art 
Accession No.54.182 
IdentifiersThe Met object ID: 437900

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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