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| The Duchesse de Berry in a Blue Velvet Dress |
Artist:Élisabeth Louise Vigée Le Brun (French, Paris 1755–1842 Paris)
Date:1824
Medium:Oil on canvas
Dimensions:39 3/8 × 29 1/2 in. (100 × 75 cm)
Frame: 53 3/8 × 41 9/16 × 5 7/8 in. (135.5 × 105.5 × 15 cm)
Classification:Paintings
Credit Line:Private collection
The duchesse de Berry (1798–1870), by birth a princess of Naples, was the widowed mother of the eventual heir to the French throne. Her portrait suggests the exaltation of a young woman who identified with the heroines of Sir Walter Scott. The portraitist staged her against a threatening sky, her scarf swept away by the wind.
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