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| Grand Duchess Elizabeth Alexyevna |
Artist:Élisabeth Louise Vigée Le Brun (French, Paris 1755–1842 Paris)
Date:1797
Medium:Oil on canvas
Dimensions:30 3/4 × 26 3/8 in. (78 × 67 cm)
Classification:Paintings
Credit Line:Hessische Hausstiftung, Kronberg (WO B 8012)
While in Russia, Vigée Le Brun painted five portraits of the Grand Duchess (1779–1826), of which this one, intended for the sitter’s mother, has remained the property of the Grand Duchess’s descendants. As described by the artist, the subject’s “features were fine and regular, her face a perfect oval; her beautiful complexion . . . had a paleness altogether in harmony with the expression on her face.” She wears a muslin dress and a scarf that twists around her head and under her chin.
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