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| Countess Ekaterina Vasilievna Skavronskaya |
Artist:Élisabeth Louise Vigée Le Brun (French, Paris 1755–1842 Paris)
Date:1796
Medium:Oil on canvas
Dimensions:31 1/2 × 26 in. (80 × 66 cm)
Classification:Paintings
Credit Line:Musée du Louvre, Paris, Département des Peintures (RF 1966-5)
This portrait of Countess Skavronskaya (1761–1829) dates to Vigée Le Brun’s Russian period. At the time, the sitter was an extremely wealthy thirty-five-year-old widow. Luminous complementary colors accentuate the soft, sensual qualities of her face and skin and suggest the warm, cushioned ambiance of her idle everyday existence.
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