Comtesse_de_la_Châtre

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Comtesse de la Châtre

1789 painting by Elisabeth Louise Vigée Le Brun

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]

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


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