Vigee Le Brun ART Page 150

ART PAGE 150

	Elisabeth Alexeyevna - ? oil on canvas
	Duchess Elisabeth Alekseyevna - 1795 oil on canvas. 262.5 x 200 cm, Hermitage Portrait of Grand Duchess Elisabeth Alekseyevna (1779-1826), born Princess Luisa Maria Augusta of Baden, was the wife of Aleksandr Pavlovich (Alexander I) from 1793. From 1801, she was empress of Russia. She is represented when still a grand duchess, wearing court dress with St. Catherine's ribbon across her shoulder. The portraits was commissioned by Catherine the Great and painted in 1795; until 1918 it hung in the Romanov Gallery of the Winter Palace. According to Vigée Le Brun she executed two half-length and two bust replicas of the portraits.
	Marie Antoinette-1778 oil on canvas, 100 x 80 cm Collection of Chateau de Breteuil, France Derived from the larger portrait (Art Page 91) at Versailles. This painting was shown at the 1999 touring exhibition throughout Japan called "Marie Antoinette". Baron de Breteuil was the Ambassador of France in Russia at the reign of Louis XV. When he returned to France, he became one of the most powerful courtiers at Versailles and had quite a big influence on Marie Antoinette.