Vigée le Brun, Louise-Elisabeth
Paris
1755
- Paris
1842
Biography & List of works
The Duchess Of Caderousse
SOLDMedium: Oil On Canvas
Size: 105 x 75.9 cm (41.3 x 29.9 in)
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.
