Vigée Le Brun's Home Page | Index to Art Pages | Vigée Le Brun's Gallery ART PAGE 170 Louise de Lussan d'Esparbes - 1804 oil on canvas She was married to the vicomte de Polastron, a brother of the duchesse de Polignac. As a lady-in-waiting to Marie Antoinette, she met Charles Philippe, the Comte d'Artois (the future Charles X), and later became his mistress, during his exile in London. She died there, in 1804. Duchess Elisaveta Alexeevna - 1796 oil on canvas Grand Duchess Elisaveta Alexeevna, later Empress of Russia, consort of Alexander I Sophia Fries - 1794 oil on canvas National Castle Museum of Jaromerice, Czech Republic Sopie von Fries, (1769-before 1842), daughter of Count Johann von Fries and Anne von Escherny. In 1794, she married Count Heinrich Wilhelm von Haugwitz (1770-1842). VLB also painted her siblings, Count Moriz Fries, and Countess von Schonfeld."Mlle de Fries was an excellent musician, and when I painted her portrait, I wanted to depict her as Sappho, singing and accompanying herself upon the lyre." - Chap XIView this painting at the castle Vigée Le Brun's Home Page | Index to Art Pages | Vigée Le Brun's Gallery