Portrait of Prince Alexander Kurakin

Vigée Le Brun采用油画颜料在画布上创作，实现了极为平滑、高度完成的效果，这在织物和面部肤色的表现上尤为明显。构图以丰富的色调为主导，深红、金色、深绿与棕色交织，衬以近黑的暗褐色背景。强烈的光线自左侧照射，照亮了王子的面部、金线刺绣和白色毛皮边，而人物的右侧与背景则隐入深沉的阴影之中。画面未出现任何风景或室内场景，使观者的注意力完全集中于人物被照亮的面部特征与华丽的服饰之上。

The work was included in the virtual exhibition titled The Art of Being a Paintress: Female Artists in Europe of the 17th-20th Centuries, scheduled for 2026.

The portrait was painted in France in 1797, during Vigée Le Brun's travels abroad following her flight from revolutionary France. The painting eventually entered the collection of E.P. and M.S. Oliv before being handed over to the State Hermitage Museum in 1923. It is cataloged under the museum number GE-5664. The work was included in the virtual exhibition titled The Art of Being a Paintress: Female Artists in Europe of the 17th-20th Centuries, scheduled for 2026.

这幅肖像创作于Vigée Le Brun1789年离开法国后游历欧洲的时期。她已确立的声名为她赢得了进入欧洲大陆精英阶层与艺术机构的通行证。在游历意大利、布拉格和柏林之后，她抵达圣彼得堡，受到Catherine the Great的接见，并为俄罗斯皇室成员绘制了多幅肖像。尽管她未能在女皇去世前为其画像，但她在俄罗斯的这段时期成果丰硕。Kurakin肖像反映了她职业生涯的这一阶段，在此期间，她近1500幅画作中约有半数是欧洲君主与贵族的肖像。