Comtesse de la Châtre
Comtesse de la Châtre is a 1789 painting by Louise Élisabeth Vigée Le Brun which is in the collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York.[1]
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Artist | Élisabeth Vigée Le Brun ![]() |
Year | 1789 |
Medium | oil paint, canvas |
Dimensions | 114.3 cm (45.0 in) × 87.6 cm (34.5 in) |
Location | Metropolitan Museum of Art |
Accession No. | 54.182 ![]() |
Identifiers | The Met object ID: 437900 |
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.
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