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| Princess Antoni Henryk Radziwill |
Artist:Élisabeth Louise Vigée Le Brun (French, Paris 1755–1842 Paris)
Date:1802
Medium:Oil on canvas
Dimensions:Oval inscribed in a rectangle, 31 3/4 × 25 1/4 in. (80.5 × 64 cm)
Frame: 42 1/8 × 32 1/2 × 4 3/4 in. (107 × 82.6 × 12 cm)
Classification:Paintings
Credit Line:Private collection
Born a Hohenzollern, Princess Radziwill (1770–1836) married in 1796 into an ancient and powerful Polish dynasty. Vigée Le Brun portrays her with a gold arrow in her hair and wearing a velvet gown with a stand-up collar, a nod to Van Dyck, a courtier-artist she greatly admired.
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