LOUISE - ELISABETH VIGÉE LE BRUN
Paris 1755 - Paris 1842

The Duchess Of Caderousse

Oil On Canvas:

Among the gallery of portraits sold from New York was one of the finest examples of the work of Louise Vigée Le Brun (1755-1842), the favorite portrait painter of Queen Marie-Antoinette. This shows the Duchess of Caderousse, posed simply in the costume of a countrywoman, with her hair unpowdered - after the first sitting when she went straight to the opera as she had posed, with her hair loose and natural, she inspired a revolution in ladies' fashions.