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| Isabella Teotochi Marini |
Artist:Élisabeth Louise Vigée Le Brun (French, Paris 1755–1842 Paris)
Date:1792
Medium:Oil on paper, laid down on canvas
Dimensions:19 × 13 7/8 in. (48.3 × 35.2 cm)
Frame: 25 1/4 × 20 1/8 × 2 1/2 in. (64.1 × 51.1 × 6.4 cm)
Classification:Paintings
Credit Line:Toledo Museum of Art, Ohio, Purchased with funds from the Libbey Endowment, Gift of Edward Drummond Libbey (1950.243)
In Venice, Vigée Le Brun reestablished contact with Dominique Vivant Denon, a diplomat, engraver, and member of the Académie royale, and at his request created this revealing portrait of his mistress, Isabella Marini. Using a relaxed style for a gift to a friend, she painted the work in service of a relationship she knew to be secret, creating a portrait that would fan the ardor of its owner.
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