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| The Princess von und zu Liechtenstein as Iris |
Artist:Élisabeth Louise Vigée Le Brun (French, Paris 1755–1842 Paris)
Date:1793
Medium:Oil on canvas
Dimensions:Oval, 25 3/4 × 21 1/8 in. (65.5 × 53.6 cm)
Frame: 33 × 27 15/16 in. (83.8 × 71 cm)
Classification:Paintings
Credit Line:Private collection
In the 1790s, Vigée Le Brun produced a number of allegorical portraits, often choosing guises for her subjects from the mythological repertoire. Inspired by the sitter’s face, with its “heavenly expression,” the artist shows the buoyant young Princess von und zu Liechtenstein (1768–1831) as Iris, the Greek goddess who personifies the rainbow.
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