Élisabeth Louise Vigée Le Brun
1798
oil
canvas
From the collection of National Gallery of Armenia
Dominant colour
The portrait of princess Ekaterina Nikolaevna Menshikova is a 1798 oil by Élisabeth Louise Vigée Le Brun, a Rococo painting work, held at National Gallery of Armenia.
This painting depicts a woman and a child. The woman is wearing a blue dress and an orange headscarf, while the child is dressed in a green dress. The woman is holding the child in her lap. The woman's dress is adorned with small, white decorations on the sleeves, and she is also wearing a gold necklace. The child is barefoot and has a red sash around their waist. The background of the painting features a dark wall and a piano. The painting's use of chiaroscuro creates a sense of depth and volume, drawing the viewer's attention to the figures. To learn more about this technique, explore the world of chiaroscuro.
Élisabeth Louise Vigée Le Brun (French: ; née Vigée; 16 April 1755 – 30 March 1842), also known as Louise Élisabeth Vigée Le Brun or simply Madame Le Brun, was a French painter who mostly specialized in portrait…
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