The Prince Henryk Lubomirski as Love of Glory

The Prince Henryk Lubomirski as Love of Glory

The Prince Henryk Lubomirski as Love of Glory
Artist:Élisabeth Louise Vigée Le Brun (French, Paris 1755–1842 Paris)
Date:1788
Medium:Oil on wood
Dimensions:41 1/2 × 32 5/8 in. (105.5 × 83 cm)
Classification:Paintings
Credit Line:Preussischer Kulturbesitz, Gemäldegalerie, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin (74.4)

At age six, Henryk Lubomirski (1777–1850) was abducted by a wealthy but distant relative, who, regretting her lack of a male heir, reared him as her own. Vigée Le Brun presents the handsome boy in the pose of a famous Crouching Venus of antiquity, as interpreted by the French sculptor Antoine Coysevox. His nudity is barely concealed by a red stole, a studio accessory belonging to the artist.

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