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| Portrait of a Young Woman |
Artist:Élisabeth Louise Vigée Le Brun (French, Paris 1755–1842 Paris)
Date:ca. 1797
Medium:Oil on canvas
Dimensions:32 3/8 × 27 3/4 in. (82.2 × 70.5 cm)
Classification:Paintings
Credit Line:Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Robert Dawson Evans Collection (17.3256)
The unidentified Russian sitter is depicted as if in motion, as suggested by the diagonals of her posture and flowing hair. She wears a straw bonnet with a feather and a gauze scarf that is reminiscent of French hats of the 1780s.
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