Élisabeth Louise Vigée Le Brun
1793
oil
panel
From the collection of J. Paul Getty Museum
Dominant colour
The Vicomtesse de Vaudreuil is a 1793 oil by Élisabeth Louise Vigée Le Brun, a Rococo painting work, held at J. Paul Getty Museum.
This portrait painting features a woman seated outdoors, wearing a purple dress with a white lace-trimmed collar and a large, white hat. Her right arm rests on a green surface, with her hand holding a red book. The background is a blue sky with trees on the right. The woman's attire and hairstyle suggest an 18th-century European setting. The artist's use of oil paint and the subject's formal pose are characteristic of portrait paintings from this era. For more information on the artist behind this work, explore the art of Élisabeth Louise Vigée Le Brun.
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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