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| Countess Anna Ivanovna Tolstaya |
Artist:Élisabeth Louise Vigée Le Brun (French, Paris 1755–1842 Paris)
Date:1796
Medium:Oil on canvas
Dimensions:54 1/4 × 41 in. (137.7 × 104 cm)
Frame: 65 3/8 × 51 3/4 × 2 15/16 in. (166 × 131.4 × 7.5 cm)
Classification:Paintings
Credit Line:National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa
By ordering this portrait from Vigée Le Brun, Countess Tolstaya (1774–1825) perpetuated a family preference for women painters, her mother having patronized Angelica Kauffmann. The imaginary natural setting provides a seat and something to lean on—comforts the artist strove to provide her sitters. The chemise dress is reminiscent of the attire Marie Antoinette favored in the 1780s.
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