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Magnet Élisabeth Vigée Le Brun - Gabrielle Yolande Claude Martine de Polastron, Duchess of Polignac, 1782

Magnet Élisabeth Vigée Le Brun - Gabrielle Yolande Claude Martine de Polastron, Duchess of Polignac, 1782

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Élisabeth Louise Vigée Le Brun (1755-1842)
Gabrielle Yolande Claude Martine de Polastron, Duchess of Polignac, 1782
Oil on canvas. 
H. 92,2 ; L. 73,3 cm

Versailles, Musée national des châteaux de Versailles et de Trianon

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Characteristics

Dimensions :
5,4 x 7,9 cm
Original work kept at :
Versailles - Musée des châteaux de Versailles et de Trianon
Themes :
Portrait, Women
Maintenance :
Store in a dry place
Artist :
Elisabeth Louise Vigée Le Brun (1755-1842)
Art movements :
18th century, French paintings, Rococo
EAN :
3336728375739
Material :
Metal alloys
Reference :
IS200269

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The artist

Elisabeth Louise Vigée Le Brun (1755-1842)

Vigée Le Brun's self-portraits abound: paintings, pastels and drawings elegantly combine grace and feminine pride. As the Ancien Régime and its fine arts institution came to an end, the artist supplanted most of his portrait competitors. Her desire to overcome the constraints imposed on women artists allows her to develop a very personal technique and aesthetic criteria: she masters the science of colour and invents a whole range of poses and costumes that allow her to bring a great variety to her portraits and improvisations.