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| Comtesse de la Châtre (Marie Charlotte Louise Perrette Aglaé Bontemps, 1762–1848) |
Artist:Élisabeth Louise Vigée Le Brun (French, Paris 1755–1842 Paris)
Date:1789
Medium:Oil on canvas
Dimensions:45 x 34 1/2 in. (114.3 x 87.6 cm)
Classification:Paintings
Credit Line:Gift of Jessie Woolworth Donahue, 1954
In 1789, the sitter, daughter of Louis XV's premier valet de chambre, was the wife of the comte de la Châtre. She later married François Arnail de Jaucourt. For daily wear and for portraits, Vigée Le Brun favored white muslin dresses in this style for what she saw as their timeless, classical simplicity.
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