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| Comte Charles Alexandre de Calonne.Royal Collection Trust / © Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II 2015 |
Comte Charles Alexandre de Calonne
Artist:Élisabeth Louise Vigée Le Brun (French, Paris 1755–1842 Paris)
Date:1784
Medium:Oil on canvas
Dimensions:61 1/4 × 51 5/16 in. (155.5 × 130.3 cm)
Frame: 71 1/8 × 63 5/16 × 3 13/16 in. (180.6 × 160.8 × 9.7 cm)
Classification:Paintings
Credit Line:Royal Collection Trust / HM Queen Elizabeth II (RCIN 406988)
Vigée Le Brun participated in the Salon of 1785 with more than ten submissions, including this portrayal of Calonne (1734–1802), controller general of finances. He holds a document inscribed Au Roi (To the King), which demonstrates the royal confidence he enjoyed. The painter, in a remarkable character study, emphasizes his likability. The fabrics and accessories that surround him attest to the artist’s masterly rendering of texture and detail.
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